Dear MoveOn member,

We should not need to defeat Donald Trump on the 2024 presidential ballot,
because Donald Trump should not qualify to even be on the ballot. 

The 14th Amendment states that anyone who has taken an oath of office and
then engaged in "insurrection" against the government of the United States
is disqualified from ever holding office again.^1
 
And an "insurrection" is exactly what the violent attacks of January 6
were, orchestrated by Trump to stay in office against the will of the
people, as the overwhelming evidence of the January 6 committee has
demonstrated.
 
The decision to enforce the Constitution in this matter rests with the
secretaries of state in each state—and that's why we need to call on them
to follow the Constitution and ensure Trump is not above the law. 

Demand that all secretaries of state and state voting officials reject
Trump from the ballot because his insurrection disqualifies him
under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment!

[1]Sign the petition

After the Civil War, the 14th Amendment was ratified to address the white
supremacy inherent in our founding documents and to make governing
possible after the rupture of the Civil War. One piece of that was barring
those who took up arms against the country from office, via the
"disqualification clause" of Section 3.  
 
Since being used to eject Confederates from Congress, the disqualification
clause lay mostly dormant for over a century ... until Donald Trump's
January 6 insurrection. 
 
Since January 6, the disqualification clause has become relevant
again. Earlier this year, a New Mexico judge removed County Commissioner
Couy Griffin from office under the disqualification clause for his
participation in the violence of January 6—the very same argument against
Trump.^2 And several other courts have upheld the view that
the disqualification clause can be applied to members of Congress or other
people seeking office who participated on January 6.^3
 
This legal precedent affirms what we all know is right: that Trump should
not be allowed to run again when he was at the center of a violent and
deadly criminal conspiracy to sabotage the 2020 election. Just as
secretaries of state can bar someone from the ballot for failing to meet
other qualifications, such as residency or age, they can and must do so
for insurrection. Trump's refusal to stop seeking power forces the
question, and it's up to us to make sure that election officials do their
duty to keep him off the ballot. 

[ [link removed] ]Click here to add your name to this petition, and then pass it along to
your friends.

Thanks for all you do. 

–Justin, Isbah, Valeria, and the rest of the team

Sources:

1. "Amdt14.S3.1.1 Disqualification Clause," Congress.gov, accessed
November 14, 2022
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2. "Judge removes Griffin from office for engaging in the January 6
insurrection," CREW, September 6, 2022
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3. "Blow to Madison Cawthorn as appeals court reverses 'insurrectionist'
ruling," The Guardian, May 25, 2022
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