Axios - Activists' push to use the 14th Amendment to block former President Trump from state ballots hasn't gained traction. State election officials have been reluctant to act before courts weigh in, Axios' Erin Doherty reports. This shatters a big dream of resistance Twitter, demolishing one of the huge X factors for the 2024 election. Groups in at least eight states urged elections officials to disqualify Trump based on Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, which bans anyone who's taken part in a rebellion against the government from holding a state or federal office.
But secretaries of state won't act unilaterally to ban Trump. Instead, they're looking to the courts to rule on whether his actions leading to the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021 are disqualifying. "We're not the eligibility police," Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson (D) told Axios. "We are responsible for ensuring that basic facts are met to get someone on the ballot.".... New Hampshire Secretary of State David Scanlan (R) said at a news conference this month that a decision by an elections official without a court ruling first could create "chaos, confusion, anger and frustration."
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