"Maine Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal in Trump Ballot Case, Setting Precedent for Voter Disqualification"

Maine's top court declined to intervene in the decision to keep former President Donald Trump off the state's primary ballot, deferring to the U.S. Supreme Court's pending ruling on a similar case in Colorado. The state's Democratic Secretary of State, Shenna Bellows, had determined that Trump didn't meet ballot qualifications under the insurrection clause in the U.S. Constitution, but a judge put that decision on hold pending the Supreme Court's decision. The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear arguments on the Colorado case on Feb. 8, and Maine's primary is scheduled for March 5.