The Supreme Judicial Court says it can’t rule on the dispute because there wasn’t a final judgment when a lower court sent the case back to Secretary of State Shenna Bellows to await the outcome of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on a Colorado challenge.
Secretary of State Shenna Bellows
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Bellows urges Maine high court to rule quickly on Trump ballot access to avoid voter confusion
Donald Trump said the state court should wait for the U.S. Supreme Court to provide clarity on whether he can be barred from the primary ballot, but the secretary of state said such a federal ruling may or may not settle the dispute in Maine.
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Bellows asks Maine supreme court to rule on Trump ballot eligibility without delay
Bellows had previously ruled that former President Trump was disqualified from the Maine Republican primary ballot.
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Maine judge puts Trump ballot access case on hold while Supreme Court case is pending
The nation’s high court soon will consider an appeal in a similar case in Colorado and that decision is widely expected to determine the outcome in Maine, too.
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Who will decide whether Trump gets on Maine’s primary ballot? And what will it mean for November?
Ballots soon will be printed for Maine’s March 5 presidential primary, even as many questions remain about whether former President Donald Trump will be eligible and how the dispute will affect the election.
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Maine House rejects lawmaker’s call to impeach secretary of state
House members voted 80-60 against a resolution calling for an impeachment investigation of Shenna Bellows for her decision to bar former President Trump from Maine’s presidential primary ballot.
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Bellows opposes Trump request to pause ruling in Maine ballot case
The secretary of state argues that pausing action on the former president’s appeal would violate the timeline set out in state statute and could negatively affect the March 5 primary election.
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Opinion: Secretary Bellows followed Maine law and did her job
What more information about the insurrection do we possibly need?
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Maine Compass: Maine must change the way it selects its constitutional officers
Every other state trusts its people or its chief executive to make these consequential decisions. Why can’t we?
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Trump asks Maine court to pause appeal while U.S. Supreme Court takes up his ballot eligibility
The challengers who argued Trump should be barred from the ballot have asked that his request be rejected because additional delays will create voter confusion.