In another blow to Democrat efforts to remove former President Donald Trump from the 2024 ballot, the New Hampshire Secretary of State has refused calls to disqualify the GOP frontrunner based upon a novel reading of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
According to The Associated Press, Secretary of State David Scanlan, New Hampshire’s top election official in the first Primary election state told a press conference Wednesday: “As long as he submits his declaration of candidacy and signs it under the penalties of perjury and pays the $1,000 filing fee, his name will appear on the presidential primary ballot.”
Scanlan cited the New Hampshire election law that stipulates any person who completes the set requirements of submitting a declaration that they meet the requirements of office, and paying a fee “shall be printed on the ballots.”
