Maine’s top court dismisses appeal of judge’s decision on Trump’s ballot status

Maine’s top court dismisses appeal of judge’s decision on Trump’s ballot status
Maine’s top court has declined to weigh in on whether former President Donald Trump can stay on the state’s ballot (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Maine’s top court has declined to weigh in on whether former President Donald Trump can stay on the state’s ballot, keeping intact a judge’s decision that the US Supreme Court must first rule on a similar case in Colorado.

Democratic Secretary of State Shenna Bellows concluded that Mr Trump did not meet ballot qualifications under the insurrection clause in the US Constitution, but a judge put that decision on hold pending the Supreme Court’s decision on a similar case in Colorado.

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