Maine barred Donald Trump from the primary ballot Thursday, making it the second state in the country to block the former president from running again under a part of the Constitution that prevents insurrectionists from holding office.
The decision by Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows (D) is sure to be appealed. The Colorado Supreme Court last week found Trump could not appear on the ballot in that state, and the Colorado Republican Party has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review the case. The nation’s high court could resolve for all states whether Trump can run again.
You can still vote for someone not on the ballot, it’s just a means of reducing the vote
Interesting, would you still be able to write someone’s name down if it’s not on the ballot? And could that be anyone’s name?
It is common for people to vote Mickey Mouse as a write in for voters that are unhappy with the names on the ballot. Sometimes a humorous Write In gets a decent chunk of the vote.
Edit: https://www.texastribune.org/2013/01/02/voting-mickey-mouse/
But the question is, is it still counted as a valid vote if he’s not allowed on the ballot? Doesn’t make sense to me why it would be counted
There was that “against all candidates” option in Russian ballots (on various levels) before 2006.
Usually most popular among such a big unrepresented suppressed depressed part of population as unreformed communists.