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Superior Court Justice Michaela Murphy ordered Secretary of State Shenna Bellows to hold off on any additional actions until after the U.S. Supreme Court rules in a similar Colorado case challenging Trump's eligibility to run in the presidential primaries.
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Lawmakers in the Maine House rejected an effort on Tuesday to launch impeachment proceedings against Secretary of State Shenna Bellows over her decision to remove former President Donald Trump from the Republican primary ballot.
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Trump's legal team had requested a stay of his appeal, citing a pending ruling in a similar case by the U.S. Supreme Court. But Bellows says a delay will compromise Maine's March 5 primary election.
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The U.S. Supreme Court has scheduled oral arguments for Feb. 8 in the Colorado case, which leans on a similar reading of the insurrection clause that Secretary of State Shenna Bellows used to disqualify Trump from the Maine primary ballot.
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State lawmakers are considering a bill that would enter Maine into an interstate compact to elect the U.S. president by popular vote.
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The group has been pushing a so-called unity presidential ticket and has come under fire for not disclosing its donors and dubbed a possible "spoiler" in the anticipated rematch between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump.
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The Maine House could vote on a Republican-backed impeachment order against Shenna Bellows next week, although their long-term strategy is to change the way the secretary of state is elected.
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In an appeal filed late Tuesday in Kennebec County Superior Court, Trump's attorneys argue that Secretary of State Shenna Bellows' move to bar him from the ballot was beyond her legal authority and that she made acted "arbitrary and capricious manner."
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Impeachment orders against Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows are being prepared and filed by House Republicans, though they face a difficult time advancing in a Legislature controlled by Democrats.
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Secretary of State Shenna Bellows’ decision on Thursday to remove Donald Trump from the primary ballot has landed Maine in the center of the national legal fight — and media frenzy — over the former president’s eligibility for office.