Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made headlines late last month when he suspended his campaign and called on supporters to back former President Donald Trump.

Yet despite his bombshell announcement, some swing states are fighting to keep Kennedy's name on the ballot. 

Lawsuit filed in North Carolina

According to Fox News, the former independent presidential candidate has filed a lawsuit against the North Carolina State Board of Elections.

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"With the November election looming and ballot deadlines fast-approaching, Kennedy has no choice but to turn to this Court for immediate relief," his complaint states.

That move came after the board voted three to two against removing Kennedy's name on the grounds that 2 million ballots have already been printed in 67 of 100 counties.

Michigan and Wisconsin also keeping Kennedy's name on ballot

The board concluded that creating new ballots before the start of absentee voting would cost hundreds of thousands of dollars.

"When we talk about printing a ballot, we are not talking about ... pressing ‘copy’ on a Xerox machine. This is a much more complex and layered process," Board Executive Director Karen Brinson Bell was quoted as saying.

North Carolina is not the only state where officials have been reluctant to delist Kennedy, as a similar scenario has played out in Michigan where Kennedy was nominated there by the Natural Law Party.

"Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s campaign reached out to the Michigan Bureau of Elections late this afternoon in an attempt to withdraw his name," bureau spokesperson Cheri Hardmon told WKAR.

"The Natural Law Party held their convention to select electors for Robert Kennedy Jr.. They cannot meet at this point to select new electors since it's past the primary," she added.

What's more, Kennedy appears to face minimal prospects of getting his name off the ballot in neighboring Wisconsin as well.

Votes for Kennedy could swing election results

CNBC reported last week that members of the Wisconsin Elections Commission decided to reject the former candidate's removal request.

They pointed to a Wisconsin law which states, "Any person who files nomination papers and qualifies to appear on the ballot may not decline nomination."

Wisconsin and Michigan were narrowly won by Trump in 2016 before being lost to Biden four years later, and some observers believe that his presence on the ballot could well determine the outcome in both states this year.