Hawaii considers bill that could block Donald Trump from state's 2024 primary ballot
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The Hawaii Legislature is considering a Democrat-sponsored bill that could ban former President Donald Trump from its 2024 primary election ballot.
Hawaii state senator Karl Rhoads, who has harshly criticized Trump and the GOP for the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, introduced the controversial bill earlier this week, which would ban candidates who have engaged in insurrection or rebellion as described in the third section of the 14th Amendment.
The House Jan. 6 committee’s final report, released last December, concluded that the former president engaged in a “multi-part conspiracy” to overturn the lawful results of the 2020 presidential election and failed to act to stop his supporters from attacking the Capitol, ending an 18-month investigation into Trump and the violent insurrection two years ago.
The proposed law, which doesn't explicitly name the former president, also would prohibit members of Hawaii's electoral college from casting their votes for a candidate considered disqualified under the 14th Amendment.
"The legislature finds that citizens of this State have the right to expect that public servants be people of integrity, and not people who have committed actions that threaten democracy or undermine the vote of the people," the bill reads.