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Former President Donald Trump's request to move the Colorado case to bar his name from the primary ballot to federal court has been granted.
The argument to disqualify Trump from the ballot involves Section 3 of the U.S. Constitution's 14th Amendment, which says that a public official is not eligible to assume public office if that person "engaged in insurrection or rebellion against" the United States.
“Plaintiffs’ effort to ground their Verified Petition in state law cannot conceal the underlying federal constitutional issue in dispute,” the filing reads. “Even a brief review of the Verified Petition shows that their case is grounded in the Fourteenth Amendment.”
The case is likely to be fast tracked to the U.S. Supreme Court.
If his name is removed, are voters allowed to write it in?
Depending on state election laws, it may be possible to not only write in a candidate's name, but also win an election by winning a sufficient number of write-in votes, which count equally as if the person was formally listed on the ballot.
Also, a Republican from Texas who is running a write-in presidential campaign has filed a lawsuit in federal court seeking to disqualify former president Donald Trump from having his name appear on Maine’s ballot in 2024.