Updated Dec. 28, 2023 8:06 pm ET
Maine’s top election official on Thursday barred Donald Trump from appearing on the state’s primary ballot, marking the second state to knock the Republican former president off its ballot and escalating a national legal effort to disqualify him from office.
In a 34-page written decision, Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, a Democrat, said Trump isn’t qualified to hold office because of his actions surrounding the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
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