States keep denying RFK Jr.'s requests to be removed from their ballots, which was key to his plan to help Trump win

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suspended his presidential campaign to help Donald Trump win.

But Michigan, Wisconsin, and Colorado denied his requests to be removed from the ballot.

The status of his request in North Carolina, a key swing state, is still unclear.

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. dropped out of the presidential race last week to help former President Donald Trump win, but things aren't going quite as planned.

While announcing the suspension of his long-shot presidential campaign, Kennedy said he was specifically removing his name from the ballot in about 10 swing states.

"Our polling consistently showed that by staying on the ballot in the battleground states, I would likely hand the election over to the Democrats, with whom I disagree on the most existential issues," Kennedy said at a news conference before endorsing Trump.

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