The Robert F. Kennedy Jr. campaign is facing an uphill battle to get on the ballot in many states this November. In their quest to offer voters a third option, campaign officials can’t afford to make mistakes of any kind, let alone obvious ones. And yet.
On Thursday, the Nevada Independent reported that RFK’s campaign refiled its ballot petition in the Silver State because the original had including a misspelling of the words United States. RFK and his VP choice, Nicole Shanahan, the petition said, were running for the office of “President of the United States and Vice President of the Unites States.” (Can you spot the error?) Though it was unclear if the misspelling would have rendered the entire petition null and void, RFK Jr.’s campaign refiled its paperwork with Nevada’s secretary of state. Unfortunately, the follow-up petition also included a typo. “We do not want ballot access to be rejected because of an typo,” campaign attorney Paul Rossi wrote.
According to a recent report from The Wall Street Journal, there are many more problems than typos at RFK headquarters, where staffers are afraid of microwave radiation and one digital strategist who graduated high school during the Biden administration is making $8,000 a month.
