{"id":2028242,"date":"2023-09-11T15:55:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-11T19:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/six-states-facing-push-to-keep-donald-trump-off-2024-ballot\/"},"modified":"2023-09-11T15:58:45","modified_gmt":"2023-09-11T19:58:45","slug":"six-states-facing-push-to-keep-donald-trump-off-2024-ballot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/six-states-facing-push-to-keep-donald-trump-off-2024-ballot\/","title":{"rendered":"Six states are being pressured to exclude Donald Trump from the 2024 ballot."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsix-states-facing-push-to-keep-donald-trump-off-2024-ballot%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2028242&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Efforts to Disqualify Trump from 2024\u200c Ballot Under\u2062 14th Amendment<\/h2>\n<p>At \u2064least \u200bsix states are facing a heated \u200bbattle between \u2063Democrats \u2064and conservatives who are determined\u200b to keep former President Donald\u200d Trump\u200d off the 2024\u200d ballot \u200dby disqualifying him under the\u2063 14th Amendment.<\/p>\n<p>Election officials \u200din Alaska, Maryland, Michigan, \u200dNew Hampshire, \u2062New Mexico, and Rhode Island have confirmed that they are aware of legal discussions \u2062surrounding the use of\u2063 the 14th Amendment \u2063to prevent Trump from running in their respective states.<\/p>\n<h3>Conservative Legal Scholars \u200cand Critics Weigh\u200b In<\/h3>\n<p>Some <a title=\"Bipartisan Support Grows For Congressional Stock Trading Ban\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bipartisan-support-grows-for-congressional-stock-trading-ban\/\">conservative legal scholars<\/a>\u2063 and critics of the former president\u2062 argue\u2062 that\u200d the 14th \u2064Amendment prohibits\u2063 individuals who have engaged in insurrection against\u200b the United \u2064States or have provided aid to its enemies from \u200dholding office again. They believe Trump&#8217;s efforts to overturn the \u20642020 election, for which he is facing state and federal indictments, meet these criteria. Trump, however, denies any\u200b wrongdoing in \u2064either case.<\/p>\n<p>Kelly Howard, the chief of staff\u2064 to Lt. \u200cGov.\u2063 Nancy Dahlstrom (R-AK), stated that Alaska&#8217;s\u2062 Division of Elections is aware of the arguments\u2064 and will consider them if necessary.<\/p>\n<p>Advocacy groups, such as Free Speech for People, have \u2064sent letters to top election officials in \u2063nine states,\u2064 while the Citizens\u2064 for Responsibility and\u2062 Ethics in Washington has filed a lawsuit in Denver. The\u2064 legal discourse surrounding the\u2062 14th\u2064 Amendment&#8217;s applicability to disqualify Trump has <a title=\"INFOGRAPHIC: Key Revelations of the \" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/infographic-key-revelations-of-the-twitter-files\/\">gained significant attention<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Michigan and\u2062 New Mexico:\u2062 Battleground States in the Fight<\/h3>\n<p>The efforts to remove Trump under the 14th Amendment are particularly prominent in Michigan and New Mexico, both of which were targeted by Trump in\u2063 his attempts to overturn the 2020 election. Other states involved in these \u2062discussions \u2062include Arizona, Georgia, Nevada, Pennsylvania,\u200b and Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<p>Michigan Secretary of State \u200dJocelyn Benson revealed that conversations about preparing for \u2064legal challenges to Trump&#8217;s\u200d candidacy\u2063 began over \u200ba year ago. She emphasized that these discussions are ongoing\u2063 and that <a title=\"Six states are being pressured to exclude Donald Trump from the 2024 ballot.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/six-states-facing-push-to-keep-donald-trump-off-2024-ballot\/\">multiple decision points<\/a> will arise throughout the election cycle.<\/p>\n<h3>Trump&#8217;s Response and Criticism<\/h3>\n<p>Trump has dismissed the disqualification\u2063 movement as a political &#8220;trick&#8221; \u2063with no \u2062legal standing. \u200cHis \u200ccampaign\u2062 spokesman, Steven Cheung, accused Joe\u200c Biden, Democrats, and Never Trumpers of being\u2063 afraid of Trump&#8217;s potential success in the general election. Cheung argued that the efforts to\u2064 disqualify Trump\u2062 are baseless and driven by political motives.<\/p>\n<p>As the <a title=\"SCOTUS Rules In Texas Pro-Life Cases: Abortion Providers Can Sue State, DOJ Challenge Dismissed, Law Can Remain In Effect\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scotus-rules-in-texas-pro-life-cases-abortion-providers-can-sue-state-doj-challenge-dismissed-law-can-remain-in-effect\/\">legal battles continue<\/a>, the public should be\u200d prepared for a prolonged\u2062 and evolving\u200b issue that will shape the upcoming \u200celection cycle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least six states are aware of efforts by Democrats and conservatives to disqualify former President Donald Trump from the 2024 ballot under the 14th Amendment. Alaska, Maryland, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Mexico, and Rhode Island election officials confirmed their knowledge to the Messenger.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2028243,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Six states are being pressured to exclude Donald Trump from the 2024 ballot.","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2028242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Six states are being pressured to exclude Donald Trump from the 2024 ballot.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2028242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2028242"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2028242\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2028243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2028242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2028242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2028242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}