RALEIGH, N.C. — Former President Donald Trump will be allowed to appear on the ballot in North Carolina during the 2024 primary elections, state elections officials decided Tuesday, a boost for the Republican's reelection effort.
The State Board of Elections, made up of political appointees of three Democrats and two Republicans, voted 4-1 to dismiss a complaint by a retired federal government lawyer in Stokes County seeking to disqualify Trump from running for office.
There has been a push nationwide to disqualify Trump, who has served one term as president before his loss in 2020, from ever returning to office, with similar challenges filed in multiple other states. The 2024 Republican presidential primary front-runner faces four counts in a case that accuses him of conspiring to overturn the results of his election loss to President Joe Biden.
The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution bans anyone from holding federal office who has supported an insurrection against the government. Trump critics have cited the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on Congress as disqualifying him based on that rule.
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