Trump to Appear on Maine Ballots After Supreme Court Order: Secretary of State

Published on March 4, 2024

Maine’s secretary of state on Monday withdrew her decision that had banned former President Donald Trump from appearing on state ballots, coming after the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling that overturned a Colorado court decision that similarly blocked the former president from ballots. The Supreme Court on Monday morning rejected a December decision issued by the Colorado Supreme Court that barred the former president from ballot access, which applies to Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows’ unilateral decision in late December to block President Trump from appearing on her state’s ballots. In February, an Illinois judge made a similar ruling, and all three cases used an interpretation of the 14th Amendment’s “insurrection” clause....

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