Free Speech For People, a national nonpartisan legal advocacy group, has spearheaded the nationwide effort to “hold insurrectionists accountable for their role in the violent assault on American democracy” that took place on January 6th, 2021. Despite release of videos proving Trump supporters were not the instigators of January 6, FSFP along with Mi Familia Vota (TrumpIsDisqualified.org), are calling on Secretaries of States and top election officials across the country to apply Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment against Donald Trump, and all other elected officials who participated in what they call an insurrection, from running on any future ballot. They have sent letters to secretary of states and chief election officials in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment prohibits anyone who “engaged in insurrection or rebellion” after taking an oath to support the Constitution from again holding public office.

The letter states, “Pursuant to ORS 183.410 and OAR 137-001-0080, we request that you issue a temporary rule (and subsequent declaratory ruling) that Mr. Trump is constitutionally ineligible to appear on any Oregon future ballot for nomination of election to federal office. Due to the urgency involved in this determination and the time required for probable judicial review before the printing of Oregon’s 2024 primary election ballots, we request a response to this request by December 1, 2023.”

After several pages trying to convict President Trump in their narrative, they suggest if he is innocent, he should still be denied to run even though the Senate failed to convict Mr. Trump in his impeachment trial. They claim it is irrelevant. After all, Mr. Trump still has due process of law.

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This is an out-of-state organization attempting to put a bigger wedge of distrust between the Secretary of State and voters. They are suggesting Oregon taxpayers can foot the bill when Donald Trump takes on the state in a court challenge, which many observers predict that the state will lose according to recent video releases of January 6 events.

Many Oregonians think that Oregon’s Secretary of State LaVonne Griffin-Valade has already insulted voters with her intentions to spy on communications in search of what she classifies as misinformation. Restricting a key candidate on the Presidential Ballot will further insult voters intelligence and charge taxpayers.


--Donna Bleiler

Post Date: 2023-11-25 10:02:19

Last Update: 2023-11-27 17:09:12