By SCOTT BAUER, Associated Press

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s Democratic governor on Friday signed a bipartisan bill that will allow candidates to remove their names from the ballot, addressing an issue that arose last year when Robert F. Kennedy Jr . tried to get himself removed from the presidential ballot.

At the time, the only way a certified candidate’s name could be removed from the ballot in Wisconsin was if they died.

Kennedy, who ran for president in 2024 as an independent, wanted to withdraw his name from the ballots in Wisconsin and six other swing states after dropping his bid in late August and endorsing Republican President Donald Trump . Kennedy did not fight for removal in most states where the presidential race was not competitive.

Kennedy successfully remo

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