In North Carolina and Michigan, appeals courts ruled against RFK Jr.'s inclusion on ballots.

• In two separate decisions on Friday, appeals courts ruled that former independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will not be on the ballots in North Carolina and Michigan.
• Kennedy's name would remain on the ballots in the two swing states, as election authorities had previously decided against removing it, despite his request.
• In a two-way race against Kamala Harris, Donald Trump performs better in North Carolina and Michigan polls than he does in a six-candidate race.

In two separate decisions on Friday, appeals courts ruled that former independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will not be on the ballots in North Carolina and Michigan.

Kennedy's name will remain on the ballots in the two swing states, despite his request to withdraw from the race.

According to RealClearPolling, in a two-way race against Democratic nominee Kamala Harris, Donald Trump polls better in North Carolina and Michigan than he does in a six-candidate race.

Kennedy announced on Aug. 23 that he would remove his name from ballots in ten swing states where Trump would benefit from the race being a head-to-head matchup with Harris after suspending his long-shot campaign and supporting Trump.

Despite Kennedy's plan, state election authorities in three battleground states - North Carolina, Michigan, and Wisconsin - rejected his request to be removed from the ballot.

The We The People Party's nominee, Kennedy, was not chosen by North Carolina's State Board of Elections on Aug. 29 because it was deemed impractical to reprint ballots that had already been printed and met the state law deadline for starting absentee voting.

The mailing of absentee ballots in North Carolina, scheduled to begin on Friday, has been halted due to a state appeals court decision that granted Kennedy's request.

In a memo to North Carolina's 100 county election directors, the NCSBE's general counsel Paul Cox advised the directors not to send any ballots, but to retain those already printed with Kennedy's name.

The NCSBE has not yet decided whether to appeal the ruling, as stated in his writing.

"The court has ordered the removal of the We The People party's ballot line, including Kennedy and Shanahan, according to Cox. This will require significant effort, and our attorneys are currently reviewing the order to determine the best course of action. No decision has been made on whether to appeal this ruling."

Due to Michigan state law, minor party candidates are not allowed to withdraw from the presidential race, which resulted in the rejection of Kennedy's original request.

A judge ruled on Tuesday that Kennedy's name would remain on the ballot, despite a lawsuit filed against Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson by him over the decision.

The appeals court overturned Friday's ruling, allowing Kennedy to be removed from the ballot.

"The judges ruled that the request was made close enough to the deadline to avoid laches, and that the plaintiff had a legal right to withdraw his name from the ballot due to the absence of any statutory authority prohibiting it."

Wisconsin is the only state that has not accepted Kennedy's withdrawal effort as of Friday's rulings.

On August 27, the Wisconsin Elections Commission voted 5-1 to keep Kennedy's name on the ballot. However, on Tuesday, Kennedy filed a lawsuit challenging this decision.