ME Decision On Trump Ballot Eligibility Next Week

Maine’s Secretary-of-State Shenna Bellows (D), said She would Rule on Trump’s Eligibility for the State’s 2024 Ballot next week.

The Major Maine challenge came from: former Portland Mayor Ethan Strimling, former State Sens. Tom Saviello of Wilton and Kim Rosen of Bucksport. Strimling is a progressive Democrat, while Rosen is a Republican, and Saviello most recently served in State Office as a Republican, but is a former Democrat, and now is an Independent.

Maine's Constitution says: the Secretary-of-State weighs in First, with Voters filing Petitions, not Lawsuits. Her Decision can then be Appealed to the State's Sumperior Court.

Their Argument largely mirrors the One made successfully in Colorado. The 14th Amendment, including Section 3, was passed after the Civil War to keep former Confederates out of Federal Office, and has rarely been used in the modern era. While the Lower Court there ruled the Amendment does Not apply to the Presidency, the High Court disagreed.

Saviello said the Decision should make it easier for Bellows to Rule for the Challengers, noting that Sshe does Not have to be the First to make such a Decision now. Judges in several other States had turned back similar Cases for Lack of Standing, before the Colorado Ruling.

“Ultimately the Supreme Court is going to decide but until that’s done, ‘Donald Trump you can’t be on the ballot,’” Saviello said, summing up an Argument Hhe thought Bellows should make.

In Maine last week, Trump’s Lawyers argued that Bellows lacked the Power to leave Trump Off the Ballot. Trump’s campaign has Promised to Aappeal it to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Another Challenge was brought by Paul Gordon, a Lawyer in Portland, argues that Trump should be found Ineligible for the Ballot under the 22nd Amendment, which says that "No Person should be Elected to the Office of the President more than twice." The basis for His Argument, is that Trump has repeatedly claimed to have Won the 2020 Election.

Trump could remove this Obstacle to Qualify for the Ballot, by "Acknowleding that He Lost the 2020 Election and Repudiating all previous Statements undermining the Integrity of that election".









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