The Massachusetts State Ballot Law Commission has dismissed a legal challenge seeking to keep Donald Trump from appearing on the state's presidential primary ballot in March.
The commission said in a nine-page decision Monday that it lacks jurisdiction to toss Trump, because his name will appear on the ballot "as a result of the Republican State Committee's submission of his name to the Secretary of the Commonwealth," and not through nomination papers over which the commission has jurisdiction.
The Massachusetts State Ballot Law Commission has dismissed a legal challenge seeking to keep Donald Trump from appearing on the state's presidential primary ballot in March.
The commission said in a nine-page decision Monday that it lacks jurisdiction to toss Trump, because his name will appear on the ballot "as a result of the Republican State Committee's submission of his name to the Secretary of the Commonwealth," and not through nomination papers over which the commission has jurisdiction.…
