The campaign to elect Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as president announced Tuesday it created a "We the People" party in five states, as well as the Texas Independent Party, as part of his focus on making state ballots as an independent candidate.
Paperwork for the "We the People" party was filed in California, Hawaii, Delaware, North Carolina, and Mississippi, reported The Messenger.
Kennedy, who initially had been running as a Democrat against President Joe Biden before opting to run as an independent, has already been added to the Utah primary ballot.
The Kennedy campaign said that by forming the new parties, there would be a lower threshold for signatures needed for Kennedy to be added to state ballots.
"I'm inspired by how enthusiastic people are to collect signatures, cast ballots, create new political parties, and attend rallies," Kennedy said in a statement. "That kind of energy is what will get us onto the ballot in every state and fuel our voter registration and GOTV operation as we head toward election day."
The campaign said on its website that states will allow independent candidates two ways to get on a ballot: as an individual candidate or as the nominee of a new party.
By filing the new political parties, the number of signatures needed to get Kennedy on ballots was reduced by about 330,000, or a third of the total that is needed nationally.
Individual candidates often require fewer signatures in most states, but in others, party ballot access requires fewer signatures, allowing them to nominate the candidate of their choosing.
California law requires that the new party registers 75,000 people to join for "We the People" to gain ballot access, while Delaware requires only 760.
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