Maine’s Democrat secretary of state, Shenna Bellows, is so determined to promote “trust in our free, safe and secure elections” that she wants to make sure voters in the state aren’t allowed to vote for the leading GOP contender, former President Donald Trump.
After Trump appealed Bellows’ unilateral decision to keep his name off the Republican primary ballot, Superior Court Judge Michaela Murphy called for a hold on her decision while the nation waits for the Supreme Court to weigh in on a similar situation in Colorado.
Waiting for the nation’s top court to render judgment was just too inconvenient for Bellows, evidently, as she announced Friday that she was going to appeal Murphy’s decision to the state’s top court, and she wants a quick answer:
In a statement, the official, Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, said she welcomed the guidance of the U.S. Supreme Court,