With the Colorado Republican Party's appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court to keep former president and current GOP front-runner Donald Trump on the state's primary ballot, President Trump is near certain to stay on the ballot.
The Colorado Secretary of State's office, which oversees elections in the state, said that "Donald Trump will be included as a candidate on Colorado's 2024 Presidential Primary Ballot when certification occurs on January 5, 2024, unless the U.S. Supreme Court declines to take the case or otherwise affirms the Colorado Supreme Court ruling."
"Donald Trump engaged in insurrection and was disqualified under the Constitution from the Colorado Ballot. The Colorado Supreme Court got it right," she stated.
Once an appeal is filed, the secretary is ordered to follow any U.S. Supreme Court decision instead. If the U.S. Supreme Court decides to reject the case by Jan. 4, Colorado will remove President Trump from the primary ballot.
The high court may yet decide to reject the case; it could do so after Jan. 4, and President Trump would still appear on the Colorado primary ballot.
The Supreme Court already declined to hear one such 14th Amendment appeal in October, although the situation has changed with Colorado explicitly finding President Trump ineligible.
Having already determined President Trump ineligible, Colorado may be poised to remove President Trump from the general election ballot.
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