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"The first ballots in the nation are scheduled to start going out Friday in North Carolina, but that could be delayed after a judge ordered a temporary pause on ballot distribution.
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Kennedy, who dropped out of the race last month and endorsed former President Donald Trump, then challenged that decision in court.
Wake County Superior Court Judge Rebecca Holt denied the former candidate’s request Thursday but also ordered a 24-hour pause to allow Kennedy to appeal.
Holt found that rejecting Kennedy’s request would lead to “minimal” harm to him but that removing his name would be a significant burden for elections officials.
“The court can find no practical, personal or pecuniary harm to the plaintiff should his name remain on the ballot,” Holt said. “The defendant, however, would have to reprint the ballots at considerable cost and effort and will likely find themselves in violation of the state mandated deadline for distributing absentee ballots.”
After the hearing, Paul Cox, the general counsel for the state elections board, instructed counties to not send ballots out Friday morning.
The ruling came in response to a request from former independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to remove his name from the ballot. ..."
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