Mass. State Ballot Law Commission dismisses challenges to Donald Trump's eligibility
BOSTON - Former President Donald Trump will remain on the ballot in Massachusetts.
The State Ballot Law Commission met last week to consider objections to Trump appearing on the Massachusetts primary election ballot.
On Monday, a judge dismissed the challenge to Trump appearing on the ballot saying there is a lack of jurisdiction.
Civil rights group Free Speech For People and a local law firm argued Trump should be disqualified because he violates a Constitutional clause that says anyone who "engaged in insurrection or rebellion" can't be president.
Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung said in a statement Tuesday that the attempt was "meritless."
"Yesterday, the Massachusetts State Ballot Law Commission dealt another blow to Biden Democrats and their Election Interference attempt to disenfranchise millions of American voters by trying to remove President Trump from the ballot," Cheung said. "In discarding this latest hoax, the commission sided with the Constitution, ensuring that the people of Massachusetts will have the right to vote for the candidate of their choice in 2024."
Mass. GOP Chair Amy Carnevale called the effort to remove Trump from the ballot "ill-conceived."
"The decision of who Massachusetts should choose as the Republican nominee for President of the United States will now rely squarely with the voters, as it should," Carnevale said.
The U.S. Supreme Court is set to weigh the case in Colorado, where the state's highest court removed Trump from the ballot.
A Maine judge paused the removal of Trump from the state's ballot until the Supreme Court rules on the Colorado case.