RFK Jr. faces tough choices in quest for ballot access

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is facing some pivotal choices as he seeks to gain ballot access across the country amid his independent presidential bid.

Kennedy has already gathered enough signatures to make the ballot in New Hampshire, Utah and Hawaii, and just this week he celebrated adding Nevada — a consequential swing state — to the list. His super PAC also says it has gotten enough support to appear on ballots in Georgia, Arizona and South Carolina. 

But he also faces some notable challenges, including extremely high thresholds in bigger states, leaving him with the choice of potentially joining the Libertarian Party if he isn’t able to qualify in more states as an Independent.

“A strong Kennedy campaign would certainly come into play with that,” said Ron Nielson, who twice served as campaign manager for Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson.