California voters will have the option of choosing former President Trump in the 2024 GOP presidential primary despite calls from the state’s lieutenant governor to remove him from the ballot.
Secretary of State Shirley Weber certified the list of candidates Thursday night.
The ruling from the Golden State came hours after Maine’s secretary of state disqualified the GOP front-runner from the ballot – a move that followed a similar ruling from the Colorado Supreme Court.
A divided court ruled that Trump was ineligible to run for president under the sedition clause of the US Constitution, arguing that his actions triggered the deadly attack on January 6, 2021, on the US Capitol by right-wing protesters who aimed to disrupt Congressional certification of the President’s 2020 election victory Biden.
Activists in other states, such as Oregon, have called on election officials to remove the former president from their state primary ballots under Section 3 of the 14th amendment.
Former President Donald Trump’s name will appear on the ballot in California after the state’s Secretary of State released a list of eligible candidates. Reuters
California Secretary of State Shirley Weber confirmed the list of candidates Thursday night, with Trump’s name on it. AP
Efforts to remove Trump from primary ballots in Minnesota and Michigan were unsuccessful.
The US Supreme Court is expected to make a final decision on Trump’s nationwide eligibility.
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