AP: Maine bars Trump from ballot

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I’ll just leave this here.

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine’s Democratic secretary of state on Thursday removed former President Donald Trump from the state’s presidential primary ballot under the Constitution’s insurrection clause, becoming the first election official to take action unilaterally as the U.S. Supreme Court is poised to decide whether Trump remains eligible to continue his campaign.

The decision by Secretary of State Shenna Bellows follows a ruling earlier this month by the Colorado Supreme Court that booted Trump from the ballot there under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. That decision has been stayed until the U.S. Supreme Court decides whether Trump is barred by the Civil War-era provision, which prohibits those who “engaged in insurrection” from holding office. . . .

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Apparently in Maine, it’s the job of the SOS to make decisions involving state ballots.

Some form of challenge to Mr. Trump’s eligibility has been lodged in more than 30 states, but many of those have already been dismissed. Most are unfolding in the courts, but in Maine — because of a quirk in its Constitution — the secretary of state weighs in first, with voters filing petitions, not lawsuits. Her decision can then be appealed to the state’s Superior Court.

Under Maine law, registered voters can challenge a candidate’s ballot access by filing a petition with the secretary of state. The state received three such challenges to Mr. Trump’s ballot eligibility: one from a group of former elected officials, and two from individual residents.

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It’s clear now that libs have become Ayatollah’s…Putin etc.

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All of this is being done through established democratic and judicial processes. You just don’t like the rulings. There’s a difference.

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Good news! This is why we don’t have unelected bureaucrats making these decisions.

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Sort of like crooked guy who literally tried to steal a presidential election he had lost :sheep:

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I am glad to see she had the courage to make the decision as she felt correct to make.

If Trump doesn’t like it, there are these things called courts to challenge the decision in.

She will be sustained or overturned in a process where Trump is guaranteed due process of law.

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This just shows as what I’ve been saying about libs…and the dangers they pose to a free society.

Just look at em justifying Putin like behavior.

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Again. Unlike Putin, all of this is proceeding through established democratic and judicial processes. You just don’t like the rulings.

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That’s what Putin, Ayatollah and Xi Jinping communist party says too.

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Americans denied the opportunity to choose their candidate of choice.

And they have the gall to call republicans fascists.

Let’s see how it all works out for these scumbags.

Waiting…

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They get overturned on appeal?

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You’ve lost the narrative. But I understand why saying these things makes you feel better.

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We’ll see

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I understand why you need to shut down your opposition…just like all little authoritarians.

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“We just have to demonstrate that he will not take power if he does run, making sure he — under legitimate efforts of our Constitution — does not become the next president again,” Biden said.

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Wonder if the left will be screaming “two state solution!!” like they do for Israel. I doubt it though. Without the 1/2 of the country that actually produces things their slums will starve.

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Both challenges in CO and ME were initiated, in part, by Republicans.

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Debunked.

Quit telling lies.

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In which case? CO? I wasn’t aware.