FILE – New York State Sen. Brad Hoylman talks with reporters during a special legislative session at the state Capitol, Dec. 22, 2022, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink, File)
Manhattan State Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal filed an objection with the state Board of Elections Tuesday, seeking to block Donald Trump’s name from appearing on New York’s ballot in this year’s presidential election.
The move from Hoylman-Sigal (D), along with City Council Member Shekar Krishnan (D-Queens) and Gertrude Fitelson — who is not a lawmaker — came just hours after New York Republican election officials decided not to remove the former president’s name from the April primary ballot.
The question of whether Trump qualifies for ballot access is currently being weighed by the U.S. Supreme Court after Colorado’s highest court blocked Trump from its ballot on the grounds that he violated the “Insurrection Clause” of the Constitution’s 14th Amendment by inciting the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on Capitol Hill. The court will hear oral arguments in the case on Thursday, according to a published report.
Hoylman-Sigal, whose Manhattan district includes Trump Tower, said in a statement that the former president should be removed from the ballot for “engaging in and inciting” the Jan. 6 assault by the mob of angry Trump supporters, white supremacists and militia members.
“The Board of Elections can still uphold the United States Constitution by sustaining our objection and disqualifying Donald Trump from the presidential ballot,” the state lawmaker said. “As the Colorado State Supreme Court has already rightfully ruled, Donald Trump is disqualified from holding any elected office in the United States due to engaging in and inciting a violent insurrection in which he attempted to overturn the will of the American people while taking multiple lives.”
Holyman-Sigal added that if the state BOE still refuses to kick Trump off the ballot, “I will see them in…
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