{"id":2136184,"date":"2023-12-29T15:29:02","date_gmt":"2023-12-29T20:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-secy-of-state-leaves-trump-on-presidential-primary-ballot\/"},"modified":"2023-12-29T15:31:19","modified_gmt":"2023-12-29T20:31:19","slug":"california-secy-of-state-leaves-trump-on-presidential-primary-ballot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-secy-of-state-leaves-trump-on-presidential-primary-ballot\/","title":{"rendered":"California Secretary of State excludes Trump from Presidential Primary 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\">20<\/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%2Fcalifornia-secy-of-state-leaves-trump-on-presidential-primary-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=2136184&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\">An American flag flies with the California State flag next to the Lone Sailor statue\u2063 on October 24, 2022 in Sausalito, \u200dCalifornia. \u200d(Photo by \u200dJustin Sullivan\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/sophia-flores\">Sophia Flores<\/a><br \/>12:25 PM \u2013 Friday, December 29,\u2064 2023<\/h2>\n<p>California\u2019s secretary of state has rejected attempts to remove 45<sup>th<\/sup> \u200bPresident Donald J. Trump from the \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/attorney-general-carefully-reviewing-argument-to-keep-trump-off-the-ballot\/\" title=\"AG reviewing argument to exclude Trump from ballot.\">presidential primary ballot<\/a>.<\/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<p>On\u200b Thursday, Shirley Weber released the list of candidates \u2063who \u2064will appear on California\u2019s March 5<sup>th<\/sup> presidential primary ballot. Many progressive voters were shocked\u200c and bothered to see the former president listed, especially due to calls from the state\u2019s lieutenant governor to remove him.<\/p>\n<p>The lieutenant governor, Eleni Kounalakis (D-Calif.) requested that Trump be taken off the ballot\u200d over \u2063concerns related to the 14<sup>th<\/sup> \u200cAmendment. She\u2064 urged The Golden State officials to explore \u2062all legal options to remove the former president.<\/p>\n<p>Weber responded to her \u2064request in a <a href=\"https:\/\/files.constantcontact.com\/c1d64240601\/ff4f926d-a098-41b8-ba48-7c32fb1ea3be.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">letter. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>The secretary of state stated that while she\u200b condemns the \u2063Republican\u2019s actions on January 6<sup>th<\/sup>, her office does not take the \u2064decision to remove a candidate \u2062from\u200b the ballot under Section \u2063Three of the 14<sup>th<\/sup> Amendment lightly.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>She concluded her letter by affirming \u200cher\u2063 commitment to upholding &#8220;free and fair elections and \u2064the democratic process&#8221; and prioritizing the &#8220;integrity of these elections over partisan politics.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>However, Weber assured \u2062Kounalakis that her office will &#8220;continue to\u2064 assess&#8221; options regarding the removal of Trump from the ballot. The \u200coutcome of U.S.\u200c Supreme Court rulings on similar cases in other states will determine Trump&#8217;s political future in\u2062 California.<\/p>\n<p>California Governor Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.)\u200d also surprisingly opposed using the 14<sup>th<\/sup> Amendment to remove Trump from the \u2063ballot.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>&#8220;There is no doubt that Donald Trump is a threat to our liberties and even to \u200cour democracy,&#8221; Newsom said in a statement on Friday. &#8220;But in \u200cCalifornia, we defeat candidates at the polls. Everything else is a political \u200bdistraction.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In the 2020 presidential election, \u200bpolling statistics reported that Biden secured 63% of the popular vote in the blue state. <\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news updates\u2062 directly to \u200byour\u200b inbox for free. 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>Pollster Jim McLaughlin tells One America News why\u200d he believes Joe \u2062Biden is unlikely to be the Democrat Party\u2062 nominee in the 2024 presidential election. \u2062 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The\u2063 D.C. Court of Appeals has set a break-neck pace in order to hear oral\u2063 arguments regarding the question of presidential immunity \u2062in 45th President Trump\u2019s Federal case\u2064 in D.C..<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>In the second part of an exclusive interview, counsel for \u2064the National Legal and Policy Center Paul Kamenar tells \u2063One America \u200bNews that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamenar-supreme-court-likely-to-expedite-trump-ballot-cases\/\" title=\"Kamenar predicts quick resolution for Trump's ballot cases by Supreme Court\">state-level legal efforts<\/a> to keep \u200cthe 45th President off their state\u2019s ballots will likely be expedited by the Supreme Court. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Two business owners operating out of Africa explain how America has the resources to become \u2063the world\u2019s \u200cnext breadbasket. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>December 22, 2023 \u2013\u2062 6:05 \u200cAM PST HONG KONG \u200c(Reuters) \u2013 \u200cChinese regulators \u200bannounced 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 for Tesla is the speed it can make the 4680 batteries used in the Cybertruck with its new dry-coating technology.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>A group of 11 nonfiction authors have joined a lawsuit in Manhattan federal court that \u2064accuses OpenAI and Microsoft of misusing books the\u200d authors have written to train their models.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>San Francisco police Sergeant David Radford contacted Tesla about data on an alleged stalker\u2019s remote access to a vehicle.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> What\u200b was the\u200c justification \u2064given by California Secretary of State \u2063Shirley Weber for rejecting attempts to remove Donald \u2063J. Trump from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pressure-mounts-on-lower-tier-republican-presidential-candidates-to-drop-out\/\" title=\"Lower-tier Republican presidential candidates face increasing pressure to withdraw.\">presidential primary\u200d ballot<\/a>?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  California \u200cSecretary of State Rejects Attempts to Remove Trump from \u200dPresidential Primary Ballot<\/p>\n<p>California\u2019s secretary \u2064of state, Shirley Weber, recently released the list \u2062of candidates who will appear on the state&#8217;s March \u20625th presidential primary ballot, and it \u200bincludes former President Donald J. Trump.\u2064 This decision by Weber has come \u2063as a shock to many\u200b progressive voters, considering calls from the state\u2019s lieutenant governor to remove Trump from the ballot.<\/p>\n<p>Eleni \u200bKounalakis, the lieutenant governor of California, had requested that Trump\u200d be taken off the \u2063ballot due\u2064 to concerns related\u200b to the 14th\u2064 Amendment. She urged state officials to explore all legal options to remove the\u200b former president. However, Weber responded to Kounalakis&#8217; request in\u200b a letter, stating that her office does not take the decision to remove a candidate from the \u2062ballot lightly,\u200b despite condemning the Republican&#8217;s actions on January 6th.<\/p>\n<p>In \u200bher letter, Weber emphasized her commitment to upholding &#8220;free \u2062and fair elections and the democratic process&#8221; and prioritizing the &#8220;integrity of these elections over partisan politics.&#8221; Although Weber acknowledged the\u2064 concerns raised by Kounalakis, she\u200c assured her that her office will continue to assess options regarding \u200cthe removal of Trump from the \u200cballot.\u200d The ultimate outcome\u2064 of \u2062U.S. Supreme Court rulings on similar\u2064 cases\u200d in \u2064other states will also\u200c have an impact\u200c on Trump&#8217;s\u2064 political future in \u200dCalifornia.<\/p>\n<p>Surprisingly,\u200c California Governor Gavin Newsom also opposed using the 14th Amendment to remove Trump from the ballot. In a statement, Newsom \u200dacknowledged that Trump\u2063 is a threat \u200dto liberties and democracy, but he believes that candidates should be defeated \u200bat the polls rather than through other means. Newsom&#8217;s stance aligns \u2064with \u200cthe principles of democratic processes and the importance of letting voters decide.<\/p>\n<p>It is worth noting\u2062 that in the 2020 presidential\u2063 election, Joe Biden secured 63%\u200d of the \u200bpopular vote in California, making it a blue state. However, the inclusion of Trump\u200b on \u2064the primary ballot shows that \u200cdespite his controversial actions, he \u200bstill\u2063 holds a significant place in the political discourse.<\/p>\n<p>As the political landscape\u200b continues to evolve, it will be\u200b interesting to see how the issue of \u200cremoving Trump from the ballot unfolds. The \u200cdecisions made by\u200b Weber, Kounalakis, and\u2064 other officials will shape not only the political future of Donald J.\u200c Trump but also the state of California&#8217;s \u200bapproach to the democratic process.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, the\u200c California secretary of \u2064state&#8217;s rejection of attempts to remove Donald J. \u2063Trump from the presidential primary ballot \u200dhighlights the\u2064 challenges of balancing democratic principles, legal considerations, and \u2062public opinion. \u2062The upcoming\u2063 U.S.\u2062 Supreme Court rulings and the decisions made by state officials will \u200bundoubtedly shape \u200cthe political \u200blandscape\u2062 in California\u2062 and the broader \u2064discussions surrounding the former president&#8217;s\u200d role in future\u2063 elections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>California&#8217;s secretary of state rejects attempts to exclude former President Donald J. Trump from the primary ballot, as an American flag waves alongside the California State flag near the Lone Sailor statue in Sausalito, California. 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