Maine and Colorado attempted to remove Donald Trump from their election ballots.
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VINCEAug 25, 2026
Both states took action to remove Trump from their ballots: the Colorado Supreme Court ordered him off in December 2023, and Maine's Secretary of State Shenna Bellows removed him in late December 2023. The U.S.
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… What's that, New Jersey? What is that, Mikey Sherrill, you whack job? So Democrats are very content with cheating. Democrats have routinely used the power of prosecutors to persecute, to go after Donald Trump and the people around him. They tried to remove him from ballots in Maine and Colorado. They rigged their own primary elections in every presidential election for the last decade: 2016, 2020, 2024. They rigged the primaries against their own voters. Why wouldn't they do it against general election voters? They're ballot harvesting. …
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Supports. The Colorado Supreme Court ruled on December 19, 2023 to remove Trump from the Colorado Republican primary ballot under the 14th Amendment's insurrection clause.[1][4]
Supports. Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows removed Trump from the state's presidential primary ballot in late December 2023, becoming the first election official to do so unilaterally.[3][4][5]
Context. The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously overturned the Colorado ruling and restored Trump to the ballots in both states on March 4, 2024, holding that only Congress can enforce Section 3 against federal candidates.[1][2]
Context. Maine's removal was also sent back by a Maine court in January 2024 pending the Supreme Court's decision, and Trump's attorneys challenged it as arbitrary.[6][7]
Sources
7 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 2 tier 2, 2 not rated, 1 tier 1
- 1Trump wins Colorado ballot disqualification case at US ...reuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports, context
- 2Supreme Court restores Trump to ballot, rejecting state ...apnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 3Maine bars Trump from 2024 primary ballotpbs.org · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 41968 Wharton graduate, former President Donald Trump ...thedp.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5Inside Donald Trump's ongoing ballot battles - WPTVwptv.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 6Trump challenges his 'arbitrary' removal from Maine's ballotbbc.com · tier 1 · cited for: context
- 7Maine court pauses ruling blocking Trump from state ballot - NPRnpr.org · tier 2 · cited for: context
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