{"id":6273,"date":"2024-03-04T15:01:35","date_gmt":"2024-03-04T20:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/?p=6273"},"modified":"2024-03-04T15:01:36","modified_gmt":"2024-03-04T20:01:36","slug":"maine-sec-of-state-withdraws-trump-ballot-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/news\/maine-sec-of-state-withdraws-trump-ballot-ban\/njackson\/2024\/03\/","title":{"rendered":"Maine Sec. Of State Withdraws Trump Ballot Ban"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hours after the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously sided with Donald Trump, Maine’s Secretary of State withdrew her determination that former President Trump should be blocked from the state\u2019s ballot under the 14th Amendment\u2019s insurrection clause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that individual states lack authority to enforce Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment with respect to federal offices,\u201d Maine Secretary of State\u00a0Shenna Bellows\u00a0wrote in a modified ruling, obtained by The Hill<\/a>. \u201cConsistent with my oath and obligation to follow the law and the Constitution, and pursuant to the Anderson decision, I hereby withdraw my determination that Mr. Trump\u2019s primary petition is invalid.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cAs a result of the modified ruling, votes cast for Mr. Trump in the March 5, 2024 Presidential Primary Election will be counted,\u201d Bellows continued.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

In December, Maine became the second state to block Trump from its primary ballots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The decision made Bellows (D) the first state official to remove a presidential candidate via the 14th Amendment, as the Colorado decision was made by a court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cI do not reach this conclusion lightly. Democracy is sacred,\u201d Bellows said at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI am mindful that no Secretary of State has ever deprived a presidential candidate of ballot access based on Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment,\u201d she wrote. \u201cI am also mindful, however, that no presidential candidate has ever before engaged in insurrection.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Bellows wrote in a\u00a034-page decision<\/a>\u00a0at the time that Trump \u201cwas aware of the tinder laid by his multi-month effort to delegitimize a democratic election, and then chose to light a match.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hours after the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously sided with Donald Trump, Maine’s Secretary of State withdrew her determination that former President Trump should be blocked from the state\u2019s ballot under the 14th Amendment\u2019s insurrection clause. \u201cThe U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that individual states lack authority to enforce Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":431,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[804,8,969,970,161],"class_list":["post-6273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-14th-amendment","tag-donald-trump","tag-maine","tag-shenna-bellows","tag-supreme-court"],"yoast_head":"\nMaine Sec. 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