A North Carolina court ruled Robert F. Kennedy Jr.‘s name must be taken off the state’s ballot this fall, right before mail-in ballots were due to be sent out.

The North Carolina Court of Appeals ordered state election officials to “hold your out-going absentee ballots” Friday as the battleground state geared up to send the requested forms to more than 130,000 North Carolinian voters. The court then decided to remove Kennedy’s name from the ballot.