Maine's secretary of state tells NPR why she disqualified Trump from the ballot
President Donald Trump's representatives say they will soon file an appeal so that he can stay on Maine's 2024 Republican primary ballot.
Last week, Maine became the second state to rule the former president is ineligible to run because of what he did in the days leading up to, and on, Jan. 6, 2021.
That followed a similar move by Colorado's state Supreme Court.
Both states cited Section 3 of the U.S. Constitution's 14th Amendment, which states in part that individuals who "engaged in insurrection or rebellion" should be disqualified from holding office. The amendment was ratified in the wake of the Civil War.
Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, a host Scott Detrow about what led to that ruling, what comes next, and the threats she has faced since it was announced.
