The opposition’s efforts to prevent Trump from participating in the 2024 election.
Following the removal of Donald Trump’s name from the voting ballots in the state of Maine by the order of the state’s highest election official, his opponents hope to prevent him from participating in the 2024 elections. “Shenna Blues,” the Secretary of State of Maine and the state’s highest election official, announced early Friday that Donald Trump, the former President of the United States, cannot participate in the 2024 presidential primary elections in this state.
This senior official of the state of Maine made this request on behalf of a group of former state lawmakers who sought to disqualify Trump from running again in the elections under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution. Blues has asked Trump not to participate in the primary elections on March 5 in the state of Maine.
The state of Maine in the northeastern United States, like Colorado, has cited the basis for this decision as the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot and Trump’s involvement with it.
The decree issued by the Secretary of State in Maine has not yet reached the enforcement stage and is undergoing legal procedures. The fate of this decree will be determined by the Supreme Court of the United States, which means that unless this decree is confirmed by the Supreme Court, Trump’s name will be on the Maine ballot.
The fate of Trump’s candidacy is now in the hands of the Supreme Court. The final ruling of this court is not yet clear, but most of the judges are currently conservative, and three of them were appointed by Trump himself. Some of the judges of this court have long been critics of granting courts non-enumerated powers in the law.
Just two days ago, the Michigan Supreme Court rejected a request to remove Trump’s name from the preliminary Republican Party elections in this state.
This request was made by four Michigan voters, based on the role of the former President of the United States in the events of January 6, 2021, and the attack on the Capitol building, but the Michigan Supreme Court stated that this request is not eligible for consideration in the court.
About two weeks ago, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled that Donald Trump, the former President of the United States, cannot participate in the primary elections in this state for the 2024 elections due to his role in the attack by his supporters on the Capitol building on January 6, 2021.