{"id":201790,"date":"2023-09-14T16:14:55","date_gmt":"2023-09-14T23:14:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/?p=201790"},"modified":"2023-09-14T16:14:55","modified_gmt":"2023-09-14T23:14:55","slug":"state-officials-reject-calls-to-exclude-trump-from-primary-ballot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/2023\/09\/14\/state-officials-reject-calls-to-exclude-trump-from-primary-ballot\/","title":{"rendered":"State Officials Reject Calls to Exclude Trump from Primary Ballot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Donald-Trump-13.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Donald-Trump-13.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-201791\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Donald-Trump-13.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Donald-Trump-13-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Donald-Trump-13-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Donald-Trump-13-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Donald-Trump-13-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Efforts to remove former President Donald Trump from the GOP presidential primary ballot next year have hit a roadblock, with top state election officials, regardless of their party affiliations, showing little support for such a move.<\/p>\n<p>Lawmakers and activists who oppose Trump&#8217;s return to politics have pointed to the 14th Amendment, which bars anyone who has &#8220;engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the Constitution&#8221; from holding public office. They argue that this provision should prevent Trump from appearing on the ballot.<\/p>\n<p>However, New Hampshire Secretary of State Dave Scanlan has made it clear that he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/boston\/news\/donald-trump-new-hampshire-presidential-primary-ballot-decision\/\">won&#8217;t use the 14th Amendment to disqualify Trump<\/a> from the ballot.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Top New Hampshire election official says he has no legal basis for keeping Trump off the ballot <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MVpeZsezBN\">https:\/\/t.co\/MVpeZsezBN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; POLITICO (@politico) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/politico\/status\/1701990866427007326?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 13, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In New Hampshire state statute, there is no mention of disqualifying a candidate in a presidential primary using the 14th Amendment of the United States Constitution in relation to insurrection and rebellion,&#8221; stated Mr. Scanlan, a Republican. &#8220;Similarly, the 14th Amendment doesn&#8217;t indicate that its provisions should be invoked during the delegate selection process conducted by different states.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2024-election\/nh-elections-chief-warns-chaos-confusion-anger-frustration-trump-struc-rcna104808\">Scanlan&#8217;s announcement<\/a> followed a surge in inquiries to his office last month, prompted by conservative talk show host Charlie Kirk&#8217;s claim that Trump would be excluded from the primary ballot in New Hampshire.<\/p>\n<p>In a highly anticipated development, it seems that legal and logistical challenges stand in the way of efforts to sideline Trump in the upcoming primaries. As the battle for the 2024 presidential nomination heats up, the 14th Amendment debate continues to be a hot topic among political circles and legal experts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Efforts to remove former President Donald Trump from the GOP presidential primary ballot next year have hit a roadblock, with top state election officials, regardless of their party affiliations, showing little support for such a move. 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Born in Lagos, Nigeria; educated in the United Kingdom and Switzerland; attended the Royal College of Art. Early internet broadcaster \u2014 participated in real-time public coverage during the 1997 Mars landing era using experimental online transmission from Beverly Hills. Founder of FilmOn, one of the earliest global internet television networks offering live and on-demand broadcasting outside legacy gatekeepers. Publisher of SHOCKYA \u2014 reporting since 2010 on systemic corruption inside the entertainment business and its expansion into law, finance, and regulation. Creator of the SIN Network (ShockYA Integrated Network), a federated media and civic-information infrastructure spanning investigative journalism, live TV, documentary, and court-record reporting. Lived and worked for over 40 years inside global media hubs including Malibu, Beverly Hills, London, Hong Kong and Gstaad. 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