{"id":9250,"date":"2023-12-29T08:05:47","date_gmt":"2023-12-29T08:05:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topat10.com\/?p=9250"},"modified":"2023-12-29T08:05:47","modified_gmt":"2023-12-29T08:05:47","slug":"a-second-state-just-joined-colorado-in-barring-donald-trump-from-its-ballot-under-the-insurrection-clause","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topat10.com\/?p=9250","title":{"rendered":"A second state just joined Colorado in barring Donald Trump from its ballot under the insurrection clause"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div data-cy=\"articleContent\">\n<p>Maine\u2019s Democratic secretary of state on Thursday removed former President Donald Trump from the state\u2019s presidential primary ballot under the Constitution\u2019s insurrection clause, becoming the first election official to take action unilaterally in a decision that has potential Electoral College consequences.<\/p>\n<div class=\"paywall\">\n<p>While Maine has just four electoral votes, it\u2019s one of two states to split them. Trump won one of Maine\u2019s electors in 2020, so having him off the ballot there should he emerge as the Republican general election candidate could have outsized implications in a race that is expected to be narrowly decided.<\/p>\n<p>The decision by Secretary of State Shenna Bellows follows a December ruling by the Colorado Supreme Court that booted Trump from the ballot there under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. Colorado is a Democratic-leaning state that is not expected to be competitive for Republicans in November.<\/p>\n<p>Bellows found that Trump could no longer run for his prior job because his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol violated Section 3, which bans from office those who \u201cengaged in insurrection.\u201d Bellows made the ruling after some state residents, including a bipartisan group of former lawmakers, challenged Trump\u2019s position on the ballot.<\/p>\n<p>Her decision came one day after Trump\u2019s lawyers asked her to disqualify herself over tweets that they said showed bias. She called the U.S. Capitol attack an \u201cinsurrection\u201d and bemoaned that Trump wasn\u2019t convicted by the U.S. Senate after being impeached by the U.S. House.<\/p>\n<p>Bellows won\u2019t have the final word on Trump\u2019s political career. Her decision can be appealed to Maine\u2019s courts. The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to make a final decision on whether Trump can still run for president early next year.<\/p>\n<p>Activists have asked state election officials across the country to remove Trump from their states\u2019 primary ballots under Section 3. Until Bellows\u2019 ruling, all of them rejected the request, often saying they were waiting for courts to give direction on how to interpret the clause, which has been used only a handful of times since the years following the Civil War.<\/p>\n<p>Maine law mandated that Bellows hold a public hearing over the issue, which she did in December. A lawyer and former executive director of the Maine chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, Bellows allowed each side to submit additional arguments after the Colorado Supreme Court\u2019s historic Dec. 19 decision that Section 3 barred Trump from the ballot.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s campaign has said it will appeal that court\u2019s 4-3 ruling to the U.S. Supreme Court, which has never ruled on Section 3. Whatever the high court decides will apply to every state, including Maine.<\/p>\n<p>The Maine decision shows the potential perils to Trump if the issue is decided on a state-by-state basis. He lost Colorado by 13 percentage points in 2020 and does not need it to win the presidency. But Maine divides its electoral votes by congressional districts, and Trump has twice won the state\u2019s second congressional district.<\/p>\n<p>If he\u2019s not on the ballot there, he would start his 2024 campaign down one Electoral College vote.<\/p>\n<p>The secretary of state\u2019s office said it\u2019s not aware of the office previously striking a presidential candidate from the ballot, but other candidates for lower offices have been removed that way.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-f923d9ed-0 dNwVje article\" data-cy=\"subscriptionPlea\">Get the business news that matters most to you with our customizable digest, Fortune Daily. <a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/fortune-daily\/?&amp;itm_source=fortune&amp;itm_medium=article_tout&amp;itm_campaign=fortune_daily\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"sc-bd4ab706-0 dXixpY styledLinkColor \">Register<\/a> to get it delivered free to your inbox.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maine\u2019s Democratic secretary of state on Thursday removed former President Donald Trump from the state\u2019s presidential primary ballot under the Constitution\u2019s insurrection clause, becoming the first election official to take action unilaterally in a decision that has potential Electoral College consequences. 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