Maine secretary of state claimed Electoral College was function of ‘white supremacy’ before booting Trump from 2024 ballot
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Democrat Secretary of State of Maine Shenna Bellows who removed former President Donald Trump from the state's 2024 Republican primary ballot referred to the Electoral College as a "relic of white supremacy." Not long after taking office in 2021, Bellows wrote an op ed in the left-wing media outlet The Democracy Docket titled "Voting Rights for Our Neighbors Matter As Much as Our Own." In the article, Bellows said she ran for office because she was "truly frightened for our democracy." She claimed, "Even in a state like Maine, where...
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