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Maanvi Singh and agencies

Maine disqualifies Trump from presidential primary ballot, citing insurrection clause

Former president Donald Trump in Waco, Texas, on 25 March 2023.
Former president Donald Trump in Waco, Texas, on 25 March 2023. Photograph: Evan Vucci/AP

Maine has blocked Donald Trump from its presidential primary ballot, becoming the second state to bar the former president from running, under a constitutional provision that prevents insurrectionists from holding office.

On 19 December, a decision made by Colorado’s supreme court removed Trump from that state’s primary ballot, citing the same constitutional clause and setting up a legal showdown at the US supreme court.

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