The groups’ aim is to whittle away President Joe Biden’s standing with the Democratic Party’s base by offering left-leaning, third-party alternatives who could siphon off protest votes in

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will be allowed to run for president in North Carolina, the State Board of Elections decided Tuesday in a move that could have significant implications for this year’s presidential election.

The North Carolina State Board of Elections once again failed to certify political third parties headed by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Cornel West ahead of the November election.

Tuesday morning, the NC State Board of Elections voted to formally recognize RFK Jr. as a presidential candidate on the state ballot, but denied Cornel West.

North Carolina’s elections board has deferred a decision on allowing Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Cornel West on the state’s ballot after learning that some voters who signed petitions to help the independent presidential hopefuls gain ballot access did not understand the purpose of those petitions.

The North Carolina Board of Elections deferred authorizing two political parties that would put Robert Kennedy Jr. and Cornel West on the presidential ballot, in a move lawmakers claim is intended to bolster President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign.

The ads accuse the board’s Democratic members of having “blocked your voting rights by blocking Biden’s competition from the ballot.”

North Carolina elections officials began debating Tuesday morning whether to allow Robert F. Kennedy and Cornel West on the ballot this year in their efforts to launch third-party presidential campaigns.

Third-party candidates Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Cornel West and Claudia De la Cruz submitted petitions to the Georgia Secretary of State’s Office to appear on Georgia ballots in November.

Former President Donald Trump notched a slim lead in Virginia over President Biden, a state that Republicans haven’t won nationally since 2004, a new poll revealed. Trump edged out Biden 45% to 43% while 11% of voters were undecided,

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., independent presidential candidate, received a win in North Carolina when his proposed political party was accepted by the state's election board, easing his path to appearing on ballots.