Colorado’s secretary of state said Thursday that former President Donald Trump will remain on the 2024 primary ballot for certification next week, as the state’s Republican Party appeals a court ruling that declared him ineligible for office earlier this year. month.
“With the appeal filed, Donald Trump will be placed as a candidate on the 2024 Colorado presidential primary ballot when certification occurs on January 5, 2024, unless the U.S. Supreme Court declines to accept the appeal.” case or otherwise confirm the ruling of the Colorado Supreme Court,” Jena Griswold’s office said in a news release.
The Colorado Supreme Court ruled 4-3 on December 19 that the former president could not receive the Republican nomination because he had unconstitutionally participated in an “insurrection” against the US government on January 6, 2021.
Section 3 of the 14th Amendment includes a clause that prohibits those who have taken the oath from being elected again to govern if they have violated the Constitution by having “engaged in an insurrection or rebellion.”
Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold said Thursday that former President Donald Trump will remain on the state’s 2024 primary ballot for certification next week. AP
“Donald Trump participated in an insurrection and was disqualified under the Colorado Constitution from elections. The Colorado Supreme Court got it right. This decision is now being appealed,” Griswold said in a separate statement. “I urge the United States Supreme Court to act quickly given the upcoming presidential primary election.”
On Wednesday, the Colorado Republican Party asked the Supreme Court to overturn the ruling by its state’s high court, saying the party “has been irreparably harmed by the decision” to disqualify the 77-year-old former president.
“The state has interfered in the primary elections by unreasonably restricting the Party’s ability to select its candidates,” states the 45-page petition from the Colorado Republican Party and the nonprofit American Center for Law and Justice. profit.
“Donald Trump participated in an insurrection and was disqualified under the Colorado Constitution from elections. The Colorado Supreme Court did the right thing,” said Secretary of State Jena Griswold. REUTERS The Republican Party appealed on Wednesday a ruling by the Colorado Supreme Court that had removed the former president. REUTERS
“As a natural and inevitable result, the State has interfered with the Party’s ability to place the candidate of its choice on the general election ballot. And it has done so based on a subjective claim of insurrection that the State lacks the constitutional authority to present.”
The high court has yet to make a decision on the ruling, which would have to occur before the Jan. 5 deadline for both parties to certify the names of candidates for the Colorado ballot.
In its decision, the Colorado court cited an earlier ruling by Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch, who oversees the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals, which includes the Centennial state.
Trump’s lawyers have yet to appeal the Colorado ruling to the Supreme Court.
Trump leads President Biden in several swing states that he lost to the Democrat in 2020, recent polls show. REUTERS
The Colorado Supreme Court stayed its ruling rendering Trump ineligible until Jan. 4, 2024, but the U.S. Supreme Court can still issue its own stay of the decision before its first conference day of the new year, which falls On January 5.
The Centennial State will host its primary on March 5, a day after the former president appeals in federal court in Washington, D.C. his four-count indictment for attempting to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
Trump remains the favorite for the 2024 Republican nomination by more than 50 percentage points, according to the RealClearPolitics polling average, with competitors Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley a distant second and third, respectively.
The former president also leads President Biden in recent polls, including in several swing states that he lost to the Democrat in 2020.
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