Elections

Maine Court Presses Pause on Plan to Knock Trump Off the Ballot

ON HOLD

Kennebec County Superior Court Justice Michaela Murphy said that Shenna Bellows would have to issue a new decision within 30 days of the Supreme Court’s ruling on the matter.

Former US President Donald Trump leaves Trump Tower for Manhattan federal court for the second defamation trial against him, in New York City on January 17, 2024.
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A Maine court sent back a decision from Democratic secretary of state Shenna Bellows on Wednesday, which would’ve knocked Donald Trump off of the state’s presidential primary ballot. Trump appealed Bellows’ ruling, and had already appealed a similar decision from the Colorado Supreme Court to the U.S. Supreme Court. In a ruling, Kennebec County Superior Court Justice Michaela Murphy said that Bellows would have to issue a new decision within 30 days of the Supreme Court’s ruling on the matter.

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