Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is ‘actively involved in talks’ with several potential VP picks

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Wednesday his campaign is vetting people to be his running mate in 2024.

Kennedy’s campaign is “actively involved in talks with a number of individuals” about joining his presidential ticket, he said during an event in Salt Lake City celebrating his campaign gaining access to the ballot in the state. Utah is the only state so far to allow the independent candidate to appear on its ballot after Kennedy met the 1,000-signature requirement to do so.

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Kennedy did not reveal any contenders for the vice presidential position on his ticket, but one of the difficulties facing his campaign includes finding a vice president to join his ticket, as 27 states, per Kennedy’s count, require having a running mate to gain access to the ballot.

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The requirements for getting access to ballots are “extremely laborious” and “deliberately burdensome,” Kennedy said while further detailing the difficulties his campaign has faced in trying to run as an independent candidate without an established party’s backing.

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The 2024 hopeful said one of the problems is that “we can’t even figure out what the rules are,” claiming that even the secretaries of state in some cases aren’t aware of their state’s laws.

Kennedy claimed that gaining access to the state’s ballots will cost up to $15 million, lamenting that both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, the likely Democratic and Republican nominees, are “getting on the ballot for free.”