Where was Donald Trump facing attempts to remove him from the ballot?
The IndependentSign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. At the beginning of December, Oregon voters and the organisation Free Speech for People filed a petition to the state’s Supreme Court challenging Mr Trump’s eligibility under the 14th Amendment. Maine Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows declared Mr Trump ineligible to appear on the state’s presidential primary ballot in a ruling issued on Thursday, December 28. Illinois After the Illinois State Board of Elections declined to intervene in a challenge to Mr Trump’s eligibility, a District Court Judge weighed in and decided the former president was ineligible under the 14th Amendment. Wyoming A Wyoming resident filed a lawsuit in a state district court in November seeking to remove Mr Trump as well as Senator Cynthia Lummis from appearing on the 2024 primary ballot.