LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) – Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will not be on the general election ballot in Nevada despite missing the withdrawal deadline.

FOX5 obtained a court order from the Nevada Secretary of State’s office. RFK Jr. and Nicole Shanahan submitted the signatures needed to appear in the Nov. 2024 general election.

Last week, the independent presidential candidate dropped out of the race and endorsed GOP candidate Donald Trump.

The Nevada Secretary of State’s Office says the last day for a presidential candidate to withdraw from the race is seven days after the deadline to file, excluding holidays and weekends, which was Aug. 9.

The deadline for Kennedy to withdraw would have been before Aug. 20.

On Tuesday, an order of dismissal was filed. It states that the candidate’s names will not appear on the November ballot.

The case is also permanently dismissed.

The filing was signed by former Carson City District Court Judge William Maddox.

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The U.S. Postal Service announced Tuesday that it’s scrapping plans to move its Northern Nevada outgoing mail processing operations from Reno to Sacramento, California, easing concerns that such a move could delay mail — including mailed election ballots.

Instead, the agency is using a previously-allocated up to $13.4 million to modernize the postal office, which operations would’ve shrunk under the original proposal.

Changes are subject to approval by the Postal Regulatory Commission, which will next meet next month.

“This decision has been made possible due to the identification of enhanced efficiencies in proposed operational improvements, along with related refinements within the existing service standards,” according to a news release.

The announcement follows months of bipartisan lobbying from Nevada lawmakers, who on Tuesday expressed relief.

Gov. Joe Lombardo called it a “huge bipartisan victory” for the state.

The Republican governor said he was grateful to work with Sens. Jacky Rosen and Catherine Cortez Masto and Rep. Mark Amodei to protect “Nevadans from misguided D.C. bureaucracy.”

Rosen, D-Nevada, led a congressional effort to reverse the unpopular decision.

“The announcement that this widely opposed transfer of local mail processing operations will no longer happen is a huge win for our seniors, veterans, and every person in Northern Nevada who depends on timely mail delivery,” said Rosen in a release. “I will always stand up to Washington on behalf of Nevada and make sure our voices are heard.”

In a statement, Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, classified the shift as “a win for our postal workers and all of our families in Northern Nevada.”

Rep. Mark Amodei added in a social media post: “I will continue to keep a close eye on the Reno Processing and Distribution Center to ensure the continuity of its operations and have requested a briefing with the Postal Service to ensure a strong oversight presence remains.”

The controversial plan to reroute mail through California alarmed lawmakers who expressed concern that the move would’ve delayed important mail to residents, including prescriptions and voting materials.

They painted a scenario in which mail-in ballots would get sent across the state line, and inclement weather in the fall and winter would delay their return to Nevada.

The scrapped proposal would’ve began next year, and the postal service originally projected “staffing impacts.”

Under the investment, the Reno office will transform into a local processing center for Northern Nevada, which will “handle mailing and shipping of packages, manual letters, and flats,” according to the postal service.

Furthermore, this could lead to “future need for additional staffing support.”

Contact Ricardo Torres-Cortez at rtorres@reviewjournal.com.

Reno, United States — Brittnie Aguirre grew up in Nevada and has always wanted to build her American Dream there: owning a home with her husband and three kids.

But rocketing prices wrought by a years-long real estate boom, have priced her — and many middle-class Americans — out of the market, an issue that could weigh heavily in November’s presidential election.

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“We make the most we’ve ever made in our lives, but we struggle more than we really ever have, just because the cost of living is absolutely through the roof,” Aguirre told AFP.

“It’s not even just housing. I mean, have you seen the price of groceries, of gas?”

The economy 

Aguirre, 29, and her 31-year-old husband live and work in Reno, a fast-growing city in the western state of Nevada.

The state, which President Joe Biden won by just 33,000 votes over Donald Trump in 2020, carries a relatively meager six electoral college votes out of the 270 required to win the White House.

But in this year’s knife-edge contest between Kamala Harris and Trump, it is one of a handful of battleground states expected to decide who triumphs.

And American politics is nearly always dominated by the economy, making voters like Aguirre important.

She lived with her in-laws for a year-and-a-half to save for a deposit. But even then — and with property prices continuing to rise — more than half the $71,000 post-tax annual family income would be swallowed by a $3,000 monthly mortgage.

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Although Aguirre voted for Biden in 2020, disappointment over family finances will play into her decision this year.

“I’ve never really been a political person until this last year where we have just struggled so much with the economy,” she said.

“This time, I want to do more research on the political parties to make a well-informed decision.”

‘Everything’s on sale’ –

Reno — nicknamed “The Biggest Little City in the World” — is must-win territory for Harris.

The glitzy big city of Las Vegas to the south leans Democratic, while the rolling rural areas of the rest of the state are reliably Republican.

With the two blocs largely cancelling each other out, winner-takes-all Nevada could come down to Washoe County, where Reno sits.

The population here has doubled since 1990, swelled in recent years by an influx of tech workers, following tax breaks to lure employers like Tesla, Panasonic and Apple.

Coming from California, swathes of that workforce have been delighted to find how much more they can afford.

The average house price in Cupertino, California — where Apple is headquartered — is over $3 million, according to Zillow.

A single-family home in Washoe, Nevada is $550,000.

For Matt Mireles, who runs an AI start-up, leaving San Francisco for Reno was “a slam dunk.”

At 43, he bought himself a 1,900-square-foot (170-square-meter) apartment, with a view of the river in the heart of Reno, for $635,000.

“When you come from California, everything’s on sale,” he said.

‘Priced out’ 

But the bulk of first-time buyers in Reno are from out of state, says realtor Sam Britt.

“And the locals are angry,” he adds.

While new arrivals might consider $550,000 reasonable for a home, that figure is double what it used to be a decade ago.

Add to that the fact that interest rates are near 20-year highs — the result of central bank action to curb inflation — and it puts home ownership out of reach for many.

Fellow realtor Sean Burke notes that a seven percent interest rate on a 30-year mortgage is affecting Americans everywhere.

“The middle class has been priced out of a lot of the homes,” he said. “It definitely could weigh on the ballot box.”

In 2022, the median age of first-time buyers in the United States hit 36, a record, according to the National Association of Realtors.

While the White House has no control over interest rates, and little real influence over inflation, voters tend to blame the sitting administration for their economic difficulties.

And having been Biden’s understudy during more than three years that many Americans have seen the promise of home ownership slip out of reach, that might be bad news for Harris.

Andres Villa, who works for Tesla, says he is faced with steep monthly payments for his own home and is tempted by the alternative.

“When Trump was in office, he said a lot of crazy things,” he said.

“But it seemed like the economy was running a little bit better.”

As Election Day approaches, the latest economic indicators, including decreasing inflation and a likely Federal Reserve rate cut, are increasingly positive.

That could bring a few voters like Villa back to Harris — and in a swing state, that’s all she might need.