2024 ELECTION/MAINE: “Maine’s top election official has ruled that Donald Trump cannot run for president next year in the state, citing a constitutional insurrection clause.
Secretary of State Shenna Bellows said Mr Trump was not eligible because of his actions leading up to the US Capitol riot in 2021.
Maine now joins Colorado as the two states to ban Mr Trump from the ballot.
The decisions increase pressure on the US Supreme Court to weigh in.
Colorado votes reliably Democratic, however Maine is more politically competitive and would be more significant for Mr Trump – the Republican frontrunner – to lose.”
-Max Matza, “Donald Trump blocked from Maine presidential ballot in 2024,” bbc.com, December 29, 2023