Donald Trump, the former US president, has appealed his exclusion from the Maine primary ballot. Donald Trump, el expresidente de Estados Unidos, apeló su exclusión de las elecciones primarias de Maine.
Former US President Donald Trump has filed an appeal against Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows' decision to remove him from the state's 2024 primary ballot due to his role in the January 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection. El expresidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, presentó una apelación contra la decisión de la secretaria de Estado de Maine, Shenna Bellows, de eliminarlo de la boleta primaria del estado de 2024 debido a su papel en la insurrección del Capitolio del 6 de enero de 2021. Trump's campaign argues that Bellows had no authority, that he incited no riot, never swore to "support" the Constitution, and was not a government officer as stipulated in the constitutional amendment she cited. La campaña de Trump argumenta que Bellows no tenía autoridad, que no incitó a disturbios, que nunca juró "apoyar" la Constitución y que no era un funcionario del gobierno como lo estipulaba la enmienda constitucional que ella citó. The appeal follows a similar ruling by the Colorado Supreme Court. La apelación sigue a un fallo similar de la Corte Suprema de Colorado.