Election Drama: Maine Removes Trump From Ballot, But Reinstated In Colorado

Last week the Colorado Supreme Court ruled in a 4-3 vote to ban Trump from the ballot, citing the 14th Amendment for citing an insurrection, though the move was heavily scrutinized, and many legal scholars said that the 14th does not apply to Trump. Many presume the Supreme Court will overturn this ruling. SEE: Colorado Disqualifies Trump From Ballot Citing 14th Amendment Violation. Ramaswamy Pulls Himself From Colorado Ballet

Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold issued a statement the matter, but still listed potential reasons why Trump still might get removed from the ballot eventually.

With the appeal filed, Donald Trump will be included as a candidate on Colorado’s 2024 Presidential Primary Ballot when certification occurs on January 5, 2024, unless the US Supreme Court declines to take the case or otherwise affirms the Colorado Supreme Court ruling.

Donald Trump engaged in insurrection and was disqualified under the Constitution from the Colorado Ballot. The Colorado Supreme Court got it right. This decision is now being appealed. I urge the US Supreme Court to act quickly given the upcoming presidential primary election.

Jena Griswold’s office said in a press release.

But the larger headline has been Maine’s move to also remove Trump from their ballot.

Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows ruled that former President Donald Trump is ineligible for Maine’s 2024 Republican primary, citing the same 14th Amendment clause. The full text of her ruling can be read here.

I do not reach this conclusion lightly. Democracy is sacred. am mindful that no secretary of state has ever deprived a presidential candidate of ballot access based on Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment. I am also mindful, however, that no presidential candidate has ever before engaged in insurrection.

Bellows wrote…