RFK Jr's running mate reveal hits a speed bump: Independent presidential candidate faces having to get 10,095 new signatures in Nevada because his VP pick was not announced

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s campaign is experiencing a hiccup in getting on the 2024 general election ballot in Nevada, which will likely be a key swing state. 

CBS reported Monday that the 15,000-plus signatures the campaign amassed to get on the Nevada ballot could be tossed because Kennedy has yet to announce his running mate. 

That will change Tuesday, as the former Democrat is scheduled to make the big announcement from Oakland, California - with millionaire Bay Area lawyer Nicole Shanahan the most buzzed about potential vice presidential hopeful. 

On March 7, Nevada's Deputy Secretary of State for Elections Mark Wlaschin sent out a letter to independent candidates that said 'the person must also designate a nominee for Vice President,' when declaring their candidacy. 

Kennedy's current petition for candidacy with the state only includes his name. 

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s campaign is experiencing a hiccup in getting on the 2024 general election ballot in Nevada, which will likely be a key swing state, ahead of Tuesday's vice presidential announcement 

A supporter of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sports a 'Nevada for Kennedy' button at a campaign event in Arizona in February. Kennedy's troubles in Nevada show just how difficult it is for an independent presidential candidate to gain ballot access in all 50 states

A spokesperson for the Nevada Secretary of State's elections division told DailyMail.com that independent presidential candidates need to gather 10,095 signatures to be on the ballot this year and signature verification is done at the county-level. 

The deadline for completion is July 5. 

The spokesperson did not respond to an additional request for comment asking if the office could say if the signatures already gathered are void.

A press release from the Kennedy campaign boasted Monday that the campaign has already gathered enough signatures to appear on the ballot in Nevada. 

A spokesperson for Kennedy did not respond to a request for comment from DailyMail.com on whether there are concerns that those signatures could actually be invalid. 

The Nevada snafu shows just how difficult it is for an independent candidate to gain ballot access in all 50 states. 

Kennedy launched his campaign in April with the intention of running in the Democratic primary against President Joe Biden, as he was a lifelong Democrat and the son of the late Democratic Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and nephew of the late Democratic President John F. Kennedy. 

While the prominent anti-vaxxer's campaign was gaining some traction, Biden was far-and-away the frontrunner for the Democratic nomination, so Kennedy announced in October he would run as an independent instead. 

That meant he only had to focus on the general election.  

This move infuriated many of his family members, who have posed for photo-ops with Biden in recent days to show they plan to support the sitting president. 

Without the backing of a major party, Kennedy would have to devote a lot of time and resources to getting on the ballot in every state. 

So far he's only had success in Utah. 

The campaign claims he has enough signatures to be on the ballot in New Hampshire as well. 

The Hawaii Office of Elections said Kennedy has the required signatures to create a 'We The People' party in the state, the campaign said. 

New Hampshire is expected to be a swing state, while Hawaii tends to vote Democratic in presidential elections, while Utah swings Republican. 

The Kennedy-associated super PAC, American Values 2024, had been helping with the effort but in February the Democratic National Committee filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission accusing the PAC  of a 'ballot access scheme.' 

The DNC claimed there was illegal coordination between American Values and the Kennedy campaign. 

Kennedy criticized the DNC's move, accusing the party of trying to create a distraction on the heels of the release of Special Counsel Robert Hur's report that characterized 81-year-old Biden as a 'sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory.'

'After the day they had yesterday, it's understandable they'd want to put the focus on someone else,' Kennedy said. 'It's sad to see the party my family built crash and burn.' 

American Values 2024 previously said the PAC had gathered enough signatures for Kennedy to appear on the ballot in Arizona, Michigan, Georgia and South Carolina. 

Arizona, Michigan and Georgia are all battleground states, while South Carolina is the state Democrats chose to hold their first presidential primary this year.