Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows is responding to a lawsuit filed against her by independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Kennedy sued Bellows in federal court this week, claiming she’s violating the Constitution by not allowing his team to collect signatures at polling locations on March 5, which is Maine’s presidential primary day in order to qualify for the November ballot.
In a statement, Bellows responded, saying that “Maine law is very clear: within the voting place itself, a person may not influence another person’s decision regarding a candidate for an office or question that is on the ballot for the election that day. That’s why no presidential campaign can collect signatures on presidential primary day.”
She goes on to say that Kennedy can collect signatures on the next voting day in June because the presidential race is not on that ballot.
