Trump’s Removal From Maine Ballot Put On Hold

The Kennebec Journal reports:

A Maine judge issued an order Wednesday to put Secretary of State Shenna Bellows’ [photo] decision to exclude Donald Trump from presidential primary ballots on hold while the U.S. Supreme Court weighs a similar case out of Colorado.

Kennebec County Superior Court Justice Michaela Murphy remanded the case to Bellows and ordered her to await the Supreme Court’s decision in the Colorado case and then issue a new ruling modifying, withdrawing or confirming her earlier decision.

The order came after Trump filed an appeal earlier this month of Bellows’ decision that he is ineligible to appear on the primary ballot for having violated Section 3 of the 14th Amendment of the Constitution.

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