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Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speak at a press conference in the Brooklyn borough of New York, on May 1, 2024. (Photo by KENA BETANCUR/AFP via Getty Images)(NEW YORK) One Saturday last month, several dozen members of the Alaskan Independence Party, a small, largely unknown political group whose primary goal is to put Alaskan secession from the United States to a vote, gathered in Fairbanks for their biennial convention.Among the topics of conversation: whether to nominate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for president.The party ultimately rejected Kennedy, who is running as an independent, after a few outspoken members said they did not want him atop their 2024 ticket, according to John Howe, the party s chairman, who was involved in the discussions."There was serious consideration," Howe, a machine shop owner, told ABC News.The decision to pass on Kennedy was seen as a blow to the candidate "They wanted us to put him on the ballot," Howe said

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