The ruling, which is certain to face court challenges, marks the latest attempt by states to keep the former president—and frontrunner for the Republican nomination in polls weeks before the first votes are cast—off the ballot.
Donald Trump in Nevada on Dec. 17. Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
“We are witnessing, in real-time, the attempted theft of an election and the disenfranchisement of the American voter,” Trump’s campaign said in a statement yesterday, shortly after Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, a Democrat, released her decision.
Bellows said she took action after receiving three challenges from Maine voters, and cited Trump’s actions during the insurrection at the US Capitol on Jan. 6, ...