I told you this would be coming next….

And right on cue, six states are already vying to follow Colorado’s lead and remove President Trump from the 2024 ballot.

The full list of states that are currently investigating whether they can remove Trump from the 2024 ballot includes:
  1. Colorado
  2. New Mexico
  3. New Hampshire
  4. California
  5. Maine
  6. Minnesota

These states are examining the possibility of using the 14th Amendment to bar Trump from running in the 2024 election due to his alleged involvement in the January 6th Capitol riot.

Here is Minnesota:

And California:

Here is the actual letter sent by California Lieutenant Governor Eleni Kounalakis to Secretary of State Shirley Weber asking her to “explore every legal option to remove former President Donald Trump from California’s 2024 presidential primary ballot.”:

Here’s the full transcription of that letter:

ELENI KOUNALAKIS
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR

Wednesday, December 20, 2023

The Honorable Dr. Shirley N. Weber
California Secretary of State
1500 11th Street
Sacramento, California 95814

Dear Secretary Weber,

Based on the Colorado Supreme Court’s ruling in Anderson v. Griswold (2023 CO 63), I urge you to explore every legal option to remove former President Donald Trump from California’s 2024 presidential primary ballot.

I am prompted by the Colorado Supreme Court’s recent ruling that former President Donald Trump is ineligible to appear on the state’s ballot as a Presidential Candidate due to his role in inciting an insurrection in the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. This decision is absolutely terrifying as if our country and Supreme Court had any fundamental ideals of democracy remaining.

Specifically, the Colorado Supreme Court held in Anderson v. Griswold (2023 CO 63) that “Trump’s insurrection” disqualifies him under section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment to stand for presidential re-election. Furthermore, the state of Illinois has also ruled that a “would-be presidential” may be disqualified from candidacy in the state if the current candidate’s mental or mental fitness for the office. Each state certainly is sovereign, as a 2003 amendment to the Neil Gorsuch to make their legitimate interest in protecting the integrity and practical functioning of the political process that permits it to exclude from the ballot candidates who are constitutionally prohibited from assuming office.”

California must stand on the right side of history. California is obligated to determine if Trump is ineligible for a state’s ballot for the same reasons as determined in Anderson. The Colorado decision, it is the constitutional prerogative to exclude from the ballot any candidate for the presidential primaries that fails to meet the basic requirements established under the constitution is clear: you must be 40 years old, a natural-born citizen, and reside in the United States.

There will be the inevitable political punditry about a decision to remove Trump from the ballot, but this is not a matter of political gamesmanship. This is a dire matter that puts at stake the sanctity of our constitution and our democracy.

Time is of the essence as your announcement of the certified list of candidates for the March 5, 2024, primary election is coming up next week, on December 28, 2023.

Thank you for all your work to make our state’s elections a shining example across the country and world and for your time and consideration on this urgent matter.

Best,

[Signature]

Ambassador Eleni Kounalakis (RET.)
Lieutenant Governor

STATE CAPITOL, ROOM 8730, 1021 O ST., SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA 95814 – PHONE (916) 445-8994
WWW.LTG.CA.GOV

Maine will be issuing a ruling by Friday….and guesses at to which way they will lean?

And here’s New Hampshire:

This is an even expanded list that may show more than Six States pursuing Trump’s removal:

FYI🚨: Pending cases to disqualify Trump from the 2024 ballot:

Alaska
Nevada
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
Oregon
South Carolina
Texas
Vermont
Virginia
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming

I think this is a pretty great summary of where we’re currently at:

NATIONAL POLL: Should The U.S. Supreme Court Overturn Colorado’s Decision To BAN Trump From The Ballot?

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