RFK Jr. refiles Nevada ballot petition after ‘United States’ typo

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s independent presidential campaign refiled its petition to land on the Nevada ballot on Tuesday after it misspelled “United States.”

In an email to state officials, campaign attorney Paul Rossi submitted the revised petition because “we do not want ballot access to be rejected because of an typo” (sic). The petition said Kennedy and attorney Nicole Shanahan were running for president and vice president of the “Unites States.”

In an interview Thursday, Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar said he did not know whether the refiling was necessary, but he’s “glad they’re being proactive.”

The campaign’s first petition — which received enough signatures — was deemed invalid because it did not list a running mate. Kennedy’s campaign filed a lawsuit to overturn that decision, but filed a new petition that was approved last week, which included the typo.

The campaign must gather at least 10,095 signatures by July 5.