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The cases in Colorado, Maine and other states are requiring former President Donald J. Trump to devote resources already spread thin across four criminal indictments.

Some critics say the battles over the former president’s ballot status are turning him into a martyr and eroding faith in American elections.

Rep. Jared Golden (D-ME) is opposed to removing Donald Trump from the ballot in Maine as he has not been convicted of insurrection.

The Maine decision was taken by a state official who removed Donald Trump's name as a presidential candidate via the 14th Amendment, as a court made the Colorado decision.

With just one dissenter, the Michigan Supreme Court was "not persuaded" to remove former President Donald Trump from the state's 2024 ballot.

The decision by Secretary of State Shenna Bellows follows a ruling earlier this month by the Colorado Supreme Court that booted Trump from the ballot there under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. That decision has been stayed until the U.S. Supreme Court decides whether Trump is barred by the Civil War-era provision, which prohibits those who “engaged in insurrection” from holding office.

Two doctrines favored by the conservative supermajority — textualism and originalism — could play a crucial role in any decision by the justices on whether to keep Donald Trump on the ballot.

The decision makes Maine the second state to disqualify Trump from office, after the Colorado Supreme Court handed down its own stunning ruling that removed him from the ballot earlier this month.

In a written decision, Maine’s secretary of state said that Donald J. Trump did not qualify for the ballot because of his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.

This decision follows a similar move by the Colorado Supreme Court earlier this month. | World News