The secretary of state says she and her staff have received ‘non-stop’ threats, including a swatting at her home Friday night – in which a fake emergency is called in to elicit a heavy police response.
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Maine Republicans angered by ruling; lawmakers call for impeachment of secretary of state
Republicans said Secretary of State Shenna Bellows’ decision to remove former President Donald Trump from the Maine primary ballot is a partisan political decision made to take away voter rights.
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Bellows dismisses intense criticism, says rules and evidence drove decision to bar Trump from ballot
As states around the country arrive at different decisions about the former president’s eligibility to appear on primary ballots, Maine’s secretary of state said election laws here and the evidence presented both played into her decision.
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Shenna Bellows’ road to the national spotlight
Before Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows kicked Trump off the ballot Thursday, her work pointed to a career of liberal advocacy.
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Trump is blocked from the Republican primary ballot in 2 states. Can he still run for president?
Maine secretary of state’s decision to bar Donald Trump from the ballot forces the U.S. Supreme Court’s hand to settle the issue of his eligibility.
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Maine secretary of state bars Donald Trump from state’s presidential primary ballot
Shenna Bellows ruled that the former president is not qualified to hold the office of the president under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. Trump’s campaign condemned the ruling and said it will appeal.
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Trump lawyers want Maine secretary of state to disqualify herself from ruling on ballot access
In a filing Wednesday, attorneys for the former president said statements that Secretary of State Shenna Bellows made on social media show she already has decided Trump engaged in insurrection and that she is biased against him.
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Prosecutors seek to bar Trump from injecting politics into federal election interference trial
The motion to preclude Trump from introducing broad categories of arguments is a way for prosecutors to try to set parameters on what information they believe the jury should, or should not, hear when the case reaches trial.
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Michigan Supreme Court will keep Donald Trump on 2024 ballot
The ruling contrasts with Dec. 19 decision by Colorado Supreme Court which found Trump ineligible to be president because of his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
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Tape reveals Donald Trump pressured Michigan officials not to certify 2020 vote, a new report says
The report comes as Trump seeks the 2024 Republican nomination while grappling with multiple criminal indictments, including a federal case and a Georgia case tied to his efforts to overturn Biden’s victory.