Former President Donald Trump will be removed from Maine’s 2024 ballot. Maine’s Secretary of State Shenna Bellows cited the 14th Amendment as the basis for the restriction.
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.https://t.co/rWIKH10uov
— CBS 13 News (@WGME) December 29, 2023
My statement on the Maine Secretary of State's ruling: pic.twitter.com/ByO3XJe1JS
— Congressman Jared Golden (@RepGolden) December 29, 2023
Maine voters should decide who wins the election – not a Secretary of State chosen by the Legislature.
The Secretary of State’s decision would deny thousands of Mainers the opportunity to vote for the candidate of their choice, and it should be overturned.
— Sen. Susan Collins (@SenatorCollins) December 29, 2023