California Elections Official Urged to Remove Trump From Primary Ballot

California’s Lt. Gov. is calling on the state’s top elections official to explore ways to remove former President Donald Trump from the primary ballot.

Former President Donald Trump prepares to testify during his trial in New York State Supreme Court in New York City on Nov. 6, 2023. David Dee Delgado/Getty Images

California Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis has called on the secretary of state to explore every possible legal avenue to block former President Donald Trump from the state’s presidential primary ballot.

Ms. Kounalakis said in a Dec. 20 letter to California Secretary of State Shirley Weber that she should look to the Colorado Supreme Court’s decision from the previous day that blocks President Trump from the Colorado primary ballot and take similar action in the same spirit.