Trump Preemptively Sues MI To Keep Name On Ballot

Axios reports:

Former President Trump filed a lawsuit Monday seeking to bar Michigan’s top elections official from booting his name off the state’s ballot for the 2024 presidential elections.

The suit asks the court to affirm that Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson (D) lacks the authority to assess his qualifications, including regarding the 14th Amendment argument at the center of lawsuits playing out in other states this week that question his eligibility.

Benson affirmed in a Washington Post op-ed last month that she will not try to keep Trump’s name off ballot. “Whether Trump is eligible to run for president again is a decision not for secretaries of state but for the courts,” Benson said.

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— Axios (@axios) November 1, 2023