{"id":2136122,"date":"2023-12-29T13:58:02","date_gmt":"2023-12-29T18:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maines-secy-of-state-ruling-to-kick-trump-off-the-ballot-is-toothless-and-political-and-leaves-trump-on-the-ballot\/"},"modified":"2023-12-29T14:01:58","modified_gmt":"2023-12-29T19:01:58","slug":"maines-secy-of-state-ruling-to-kick-trump-off-the-ballot-is-toothless-and-political-and-leaves-trump-on-the-ballot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maines-secy-of-state-ruling-to-kick-trump-off-the-ballot-is-toothless-and-political-and-leaves-trump-on-the-ballot\/","title":{"rendered":"Maine&#8217;s Secretary of State&#8217;s ruling to remove Trump from the ballot lacks teeth, appears politically motivated, and ultimately allows Trump to remain on the ballot"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">50<\/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%2Fmaines-secy-of-state-ruling-to-kick-trump-off-the-ballot-is-toothless-and-political-and-leaves-trump-on-the-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=2136122&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--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">U.S President Donald Trump looks on \u2064during a \u2063meeting with South Korean President Moon Jae-in in the Oval\u200d Office \u2063of the White House\u2063 on June 30,\u200d 2017 in Washington, DC.  (Photo by Olivier Douliery \u2013 Pool\/Getty \u2063Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/daniel-baldwin\">Daniel Baldwin<\/a><br \/>10:50\u200b AM \u2013 \u200cFriday,\u200d December 29, 2023<\/h2>\n<p>The headline of every news\u2064 network Thursday evening and Friday morning will say\u2064 that former\u2064 President Donald Trump\u200d was\u200b disqualified from the Maine state ballot.\u2063 But that is not entirely accurate. In the final sentence of her 34-page\u200d ruling, Maine\u2062 Secretary of State Shenna\u2063 Bellows stayed her own decision temporarily.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cI will\u200b suspend the effect of my decision\u2064 until the Superior Court \u2063rules on any appeal,\u201d \u2063Bellows wrote.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This self-stay is consistent with the Colorado Supreme Court\u2019s \u200druling as well, which \u2062saw the court temporarily suspend its own respective\u2062 order.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cTo\u2063 maintain the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-issues-injunction-blocking-several-directives-from-l-a-countys-new-controversial-d-a\/\" title=\"Judge Issues Injunction Blocking Several Directives From L.A. County\u2019s New Controversial D.A.\">status quo pending<\/a> any review by the U.S. Supreme Court, we stay our \u200bruling until January 4, 2024 (the day before the Secretary\u2019s deadline to certify the content\u200c of the presidential primary ballot),\u201d read the Colorado\u2062 Supreme Court\u2019s ruling. \u201cIf review\u200d is sought in the Supreme Court before the stay expires on January\u2064 4, \u200c2024, then \u2064the stay shall remain in place, and the\u2064 Secretary will continue to be required \u2064to include President Trump\u2019s name on the 2024 presidential primary ballot, until the \u2063receipt of any order or mandate from the Supreme \u200dCourt.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>That is\u2063 exactly what happened. The Colorado GOP filed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/video\/oan-contribution\/republicans-back-pres-trump-after-colorado-ruling\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">petition<\/a> to the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday, asking the Court \u200dto reassess the \u200d4-3 decision that barred Trump from running on the presidential ballot due to his role in\u2062 the Jan. 6 riot. As a result, Colorado Secretary of State <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/newsroom\/colorado-secretary-of-state-trump-will-remain-on-ballot-for-now\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jena Griswold <\/a>announced that the order was stayed. Trump will remain \u200don the Colorado ballot.<\/p>\n<p>So, as\u2062 of right now, Trump stays on the ballot in both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/newsroom\/breaking-trump-removed-from-presidential-ballot-in-maine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Maine<\/a> \u2064 and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/newsroom\/colorado-supreme-court-disqualifies-pres-trump-from-ballot-trump-team-likely-to-appeal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Colorado,<\/a> showing that not\u200d only were the rulings toothless, but also political in nature.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThis is an unprecedented action here,\u201d Garrett Ventry, former \u2063senior advisor to the Senate Judiciary Committee, told <em>One America News<\/em>. \u201cDonald Trump\u200c has\u2062 not been indicted on inciting an insurrection in any of the four indictments. Frankly, he \u2062was \u2064even cleared of that \u2062charge\u200c in the \u200dUnited States Senate when they impeached him in the second\u200c impeachment.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Bellows is\u2062 not\u2064 a lawyer, and \u2064she was\u2062 not popularly elected\u200b by the voters of Maine. Instead she was elected to the \u200cposition of Secretary of State by the Maine Legislature. Yet she claimed it was her \u201cresponsibility to act\u201d\u200c by \u2063depriving voters in her state\u200c of their right to cast a ballot for Trump.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThis is an unelected bureaucrat essentially \u200dpicked by an all\u2063 Democrat controlled \u200dlegislator, \u2063essentially deciding one politician for 1.7 million voters in Maine,\u200d and you\u2019re talking about \u2064hundreds \u2064of thousand Republicans, she\u2019s making that decision for them,\u201d Ventry said. \u201cAnd she\u2019s not even elected by the people.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Even members of her own party disagree with her decision.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cI \u2062voted to impeach Donald Trump for his role in the January 6th insurrection,\u201d Democrat Maine Representative Jared Golden <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepGolden\/status\/1740544590242074827?s=20\">wrote<\/a>. \u201cI \u200cdo not believe he should\u200b be re-elected\u2064 as President of the United States. However,\u2062 we are a nation of laws, therefore \u2064until\u200b he is actually found guilty of the crime of insurrection, he should be allowed on the\u2062 ballot.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Republican Maine officials also \u2064stepped up to the plate to denounce Bellows\u2019 unilateral ruling.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cMaine voters should decide who wins\u2062 the election \u2013 not a Secretary\u2064 of State chosen by the Legislature,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SenatorCollins\/status\/1740555952712192047?s=20\">wrote<\/a> Republican\u2063 Maine Senator Susan Collins.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Despite the fact that Trump remains on the ballot in both Colorado and Maine for the \u2062time being, unelected state\u2064 bureaucrats are \u200battempting to\u200c remove the power of citizens to elect the next commander in chief.\u200d Ventry says this existential threat to American democracy will result in voters backing Trump even\u2063 more.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re trying\u200d to essentially put him in jail \u200band take him\u2063 off the ballot,\u201d Ventry\u2062 said. \u201cThat is an\u200c unprecedented \u2063action. And voters do\u2063 not like that.\u200b They see the naked partisanship of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Polling affirms this sentiment. <em>RealClearPolitics<\/em> polling average shows Trump leading the GOP primary by 51.2% \u2064and the general election by\u2063 2.3%.<\/p>\n<p>If \u2064Trump\u2019s indictments are any\u2062 indication, this latest brazen disenfranchisement of voters will\u200b only lead to even stronger polling numbers \u200dfor the 45<sup>th<\/sup> president.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news blasts\u2064 directly to\u2064 your \u2063inbox for free.\u2063 Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"rc-widget-10bad2\" data-rc-widget data-widget-host=\"habitat\" data-endpoint=\"\/\/trends.revcontent.com\" data-widget-id=\"278641\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"> \t\t \t\tShare this post!\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Two business owners\u200b operating out of Africa explain\u200c how America has\u200b the resources \u200cto become the world\u2019s next breadbasket. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Gypsy Rose\u2062 Blanchard is released early\u200c from her 10-year sentence. \u2063 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Special Counsel Jack Smith ignored \u200ba\u2063 stay \u2062placed on\u2062 pre-trial proceedings and\u200d demanded a \u200cFederal judge place limits on what 45th President Donald Trump\u2019s team\u200b can and cannot introduce \u200bas evidence at trial. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The Biden \u200dAdministration Approved 250-Million Dollars In Additional Military Assistance To \u2063Ukraine As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tiktok-app-requesting-some-users-to-input-their-iphone-passwords\/\" title=\"TikTok app asks for iPhone passwords from certain users\">closed-door talks reveal<\/a> a potential negotiation plan may \u2063be on the table.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>December 22, 2023 \u2013 6:05 AM PST HONG KONG (Reuters) \u2013 Chinese regulators \u2063announced on Friday a wide range of rules aimed\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>One of the main bottlenecks\u200d for Tesla is\u200d the speed it can make \u2062the 4680 batteries used in the Cybertruck with its new\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/navy-vet-defends-beheading-satanic-statue\/\" title=\"Navy vet supports beheading Satanic statue\">dry-coating technology<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>A group \u200bof\u2063 11 nonfiction authors have joined a lawsuit in Manhattan \u2062federal court\u200c that accuses OpenAI and Microsoft of\u2063 misusing books the authors have written to train their models.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>San\u2064 Francisco police Sergeant David\u200d Radford contacted Tesla about data \u2063on an alleged stalker\u2019s remote\u2063 access to a vehicle.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> How does\u200c public sentiment towards Trump and the attempt to\u200b remove him from \u200cthe ballot \u200dreflect the perceived threat to American democracy<\/h2>\n<p><span>  \u2064Title: Trump&#8217;s\u200d Disqualification from State Ballots: A Temporary Setback<\/p>\n<p>Introduction:<\/p>\n<p>In a recent development \u2063that has sparked headlines across news networks, former President Donald Trump was \u2063reported to have been disqualified from the Maine state\u200d ballot. However, a closer examination reveals that\u200d this disqualification is not entirely accurate,\u2064 as the\u2063 Secretary of State, Shenna \u200bBellows, has \u2062temporarily \u200bstayed her own decision. This\u200b article investigates the implications of this temporary suspension on the Maine state ballot, as well as a parallel ruling in Colorado.<\/p>\n<p>Temporary \u200cStay in \u2063Maine and Colorado:<\/p>\n<p>Secretary\u200d of State Shenna Bellows, \u200bin\u200c the final sentence of her 34-page ruling, indicated\u2064 that she would suspend the \u200deffect of her decision until the Superior Court rules on\u2063 any potential appeal. This self-stay aligns with the Colorado Supreme Court&#8217;s ruling, \u200cwhere they temporarily\u200b suspended their own respective order. The Colorado GOP filed a petition to the U.S. Supreme\u200d Court, resulting \u200din the temporary removal of the disqualification order in Colorado. As a consequence, Trump remains on the Colorado ballot.<\/p>\n<p>Political Implications:<\/p>\n<p>Currently, Trump&#8217;s name remains on the ballot in both Maine and Colorado, demonstrating that the \u2064initial rulings\u2064 were not only ineffective\u200c but also\u2062 potentially motivated by political considerations. Experts argue that the \u2062unprecedented manner in which the decisions \u200cwere made by unelected bureaucrats \u2062raises concerns \u2064about voter disenfranchisement and undermines the\u2063 power of citizens in determining the next commander in chief.<\/p>\n<p>Questionable Decision-Making:<\/p>\n<p>Critics highlight the questionable decision-making process in\u200b disqualifying Trump \u200dfrom the \u200dMaine ballot. Secretary Bellows, who was\u2063 not popularly elected but rather appointed by the Maine\u200c Legislature, stated that\u2062 it was\u200b her &#8220;responsibility to act&#8221;\u2063 by denying voters their right to cast \u200ca ballot for Trump. Even members of Bellows&#8217; own party, such as Democrat Maine Representative Jared\u200b Golden,\u200c argue\u2062 that until Trump\u200d is officially found guilty of the crime of insurrection, he should be allowed on\u200b the ballot. Republican Maine officials, including Senator Susan Collins, also denounced Bellows&#8217; ruling, advocating for the voters to decide the \u2062election&#8217;s outcome.<\/p>\n<p>Public Sentiment and Potential Impact:<\/p>\n<p>Public sentiment appears \u200cto be in favor of Trump, as polling\u2063 averages indicate his lead in the GOP \u2063primary and a narrow lead \u200cin\u200d the\u200c general\u2062 election. The brazen attempt by unelected\u200b state bureaucrats to disenfranchise voters and remove Trump from the ballot is seen as an existential threat to American democracy. Experts believe that\u200c such actions will only \u2062strengthen support \u2062for Trump, as \u2062voters perceive the naked partisanship behind these decisions.<\/p>\n<p>Conclusion:<\/p>\n<p>The temporary stay on Trump&#8217;s disqualification from the Maine state ballot highlights the complexity \u200band politically charged nature of the issue. The parallel ruling in Colorado adds further weight to the argument \u200cthat\u2063 these decisions may be motivated by factors beyond legal grounds. As the legal battles \u2064unfold, the significance of these rulings and their potential impact \u200con the\u200b 2024\u200c presidential election remain \u200bto be seen. \u2062It is evident that both Trump&#8217;s\u200d supporters and critics will closely monitor the outcome, with the former\u200c likely to \u2064rally around the 45th president in response to perceived voter disenfranchisement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friday morning was the meeting between U.S President Donald Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-in at the White House. The event took place on June 30, 2017, in Washington, DC, and was captured by Olivier Douliery&#8217;s photograph. 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