Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his running mate Nichole Shanahan gained ballot access Thursday in Michigan, a key battleground state in November’s election, through the Natural Law Party.

Kennedy’s campaign said in a news release the party has filed all the necessary paperwork with the state. The Natural Law Party, which supports an “all-party government” — bringing together the best ideas, programs, and leaders from all political parties and the private sector to solve and prevent problems, according to its website — held a convention in Michigan on Wednesday where they picked Kennedy and Shanahan as their candidates.

“He’s the most qualified candidate in the modern-day history of America,” Natural Law Party Chair Doug Dern said in the news release. “We welcome Mr. Kennedy and Ms. Shanahan to the party.”

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