Watchdog Group Accuses Rfk Jr. Of Voter Fraud

With less than two weeks before Donald Trump is sworn in as President, his pick to lead Health and Human Services is facing a new legal challenge — over alleged voter fraud.

A complaint filed by the left-leaning watchdog group Accountable.US on Wednesday morning and shared exclusively with POLITICO, alleged that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. committed felony election fraud when he voted in the 2024 election.

The complaint, filed with New York State Board of Elections, calls on the agency’s Division of Election Law Enforcement to investigate Kennedy for “registering for and voting" from "a New York residence at which he does not legally reside.”

Kennedy, who dropped his long-shot White House bid last summer to back Trump, is now poised to join the incoming president’s Cabinet. He is expected to meet with senators on Capitol Hill this week ahead of his confirmation proceedings, where he’ll focus on wooing Democrats who are skeptical of his views on abortion, food policy and vaccines. He can only afford to lose three Republican votes should all Senate Democrats uniformly oppose his nomination.

Several of Trump's picks have come under intense scrutiny, including Pete Hegseth, Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Defense and former Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii, his nominee to be Director of National Intelligence. Former Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz already withdrew from consideration to be attorney general.

The watchdog group puts forth the allegation as Kennedy is about to undergo high-profile hearings and may be asked about the allegations of voter fraud under oath.

The complaint states that Kennedy voted by mail and his ballot was received by the Westchester County board of elections on Nov. 2. The primary residence listed on the ballot was to a home in Katonah — an address about 45 miles outside of New York City that has been central to previous court challenges from Democratic-leaning groups arguing Kennedy did not actually live there and should not be eligible to be on the ballot in the state when he ran as an independent candidate.

“Not actually living in New York in the eyes of the law allegedly did not stop RFK Jr. from casting his election ballot there illegally,” Tony Carrk, the executive director of Accountable.US, said in a statement.

“Senators should press Kennedy on whether he intends to play by his own rules and thumb his nose at the law as HHS Secretary, like President-elect Trump is wont to do,” the complaint continued.

Lawyers for Kennedy did not respond to multiple requests for comment.

A New York judge ruled in August in favor of a legal challenge launched by another left-leaning Clear Choice Action, a Super PAC aligned that works to limit the impact third party candidates have on presidential election outcomes. That filing claimed Kennedy presented a false New York residence, the same one he allegedly used to vote and on the petition he submitted to state election authorities to gain ballot access. The complaint argued Kennedy, who is married to “Curb Your Enthusiasm” actress Cheryl Hines, lives in California.

Kennedy had argued he’d been renting a room from a childhood friend in Katonah, but that friend’s spouse testified that Kennedy had only spent one night at the residence.

Once the New York courts ordered Kennedy removed from the state ballot, it touched off a series of challenges by Kennedy’s camp — even after he suspended his flagging presidential campaign in August 2024 and endorsed Trump.

The legal battle went all the way to the Supreme Court, which released a one-line order in late September denying his appeal to regain access to the ballot.