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Washington State Republican Primary March 12
Former President Donald Trump has been recognized as eligible to run in the presidential primary in the western U.S. state of Washington.
According to CNN on the 18th (local time), the Thurston County Court in Washington state dismissed a lawsuit seeking former President Trump’s disqualification from running for president.
The court explained that Washington state law does not provide for the procedures necessary to determine whether former President Trump participated in the insurrection at the time of the storming of the Capitol on January 6, 2021, and how the 14th Amendment of the Constitution should be applied.
This provision restricts the qualifications of insurrectionists to hold public office, and is being used as the basis by those who argue that former President Trump should be disqualified from running for office.
The Washington State Board of Elections announced that former President Trump’s name will appear on the Republican primary ballot as scheduled following a court ruling.
Washington State Secretary of State Steve Hobbs, a Democrat, said he would proceed with the ballot printing process following the lawsuit’s dismissal, and evaluated the court’s decision as “making its ruling in a timely and prudent manner.”
Representative Jim Walsh, chairman of the Republican Party’s Washington State Committee, said on social media Welcome.
The Washington State Republican primary is scheduled to be held on March 12.
Lawsuits seeking to disqualify former President Trump from running for president have been filed across the United States, but so far only Colorado and Maine have ruled on disqualification.
On the 19th of last month, the Colorado Supreme Court recognized former President Trump’s role in the January 6 attack on the Capitol and disqualified him from running for office.
Due to former President Trump’s appeal, the case has now been transferred to the Supreme Court, which is scheduled to hold its first oral argument on the 8th of next month.
The Maine Secretary of State also made a decision on eligibility to run, but the Maine state court ruled the day before to postpone the decision until the Supreme Court ruled.
Source: Donga
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