Chris Christie Formally Off Maine Presidential Main Poll Following Unsuccessful Attraction | The Gateway Pundit

Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie is not going to seem on the poll for Maine’s presidential main, following a choose’s affirmation of an earlier choice. Regardless of efforts to overturn a ruling by the Maine Secretary of State, Christie’s attraction was rejected, solidifying his absence from the essential poll.

The previous New Jersey Governor’s marketing campaign confronted a big setback when the Maine Supreme Judicial Court docket upheld the Secretary of State’s choice, stating that the candidate failed to fulfill the required necessities for poll inclusion.

The Gateway Pundit previously reported that Christie is not going to be listed on the Maine main election poll attributable to his failure to safe the required variety of in-state petition signatures.

To qualify for the poll in Maine’s March 5, 2024, main election, a candidate should collect 2,000 verified in-state signatures. Nonetheless, state officers introduced that Christie’s marketing campaign fell in need of this threshold.

“The deadline for presidential candidates to submit the required signatures for the March 5, 2024 Main Election poll was at 5 p.m. on [Dec. 1], in keeping with Maine’s Secretary of States website.

In accordance with a letter obtained by CBS News from Maine’s Director of Elections, Heidi M. Peckham, Christie’s marketing campaign managed to submit solely “844 names certified by municipal registrars.”

It’s necessary for candidates to have their signatures licensed by municipal clerks earlier than presenting them to the Secretary of State’s workplace by the 5 p.m. Friday deadline.

After Christie’s authorized crew argued that the signature verification course of was rushed and flawed, Kennebec County Superior Court docket Decide Julia Lipez sided with the Secretary of State.

Lipez reiterated that Christie bore the accountability for making certain that his petition met authorized necessities and that he failed to supply ample proof of any errors that might warrant overriding the choice.

“We appreciate that the court upheld the integrity of Maine’s well-established ballot access requirements,” Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows stated in a statement. “Every candidate, including presidential candidates, must follow the law to qualify for the ballot. We are glad that the court recognized that Maine law is workable and fair to all.”

Christie’s marketing campaign, having stated earlier that they collected over 6,000 signatures, referred to as the Secretary of State’s choice a “procedural issue” however finally did not persuade the court docket to depend the beforehand excluded signatures.

A marketing campaign spokesperson conveyed disappointment with the court docket’s choice and talked about that they’re evaluating different choices.

Regardless of this setback, Christie may nonetheless decide to run as a write-in candidate if he information with the Secretary of State’s workplace by December 26, although this has not but been confirmed by Christie or his crew.