Maine Judge Delays Trump Ballot Exclusion Decision A Maine judge has instructed the state's top election official to withhold enforcing her decision to exclude Donald Trump from the Republican primary ballot until the U.S. Supreme Court rules on a similar case in Colorado. The judge stated that the secretary of state had to make a quick decision without the benefit of the high court's input, and should have the opportunity to assess the impact of the Supreme Court's decision on her ruling. This ruling comes after the secretary of state cited the reasoning of a Colorado court in her decision to exclude Trump. The fate of other ballot challenges filed in states across the country may depend on the Supreme Court's decision. Maine's Republican primary is scheduled for March 5, and the court directed the secretary of state to issue a new decision within 30 days of the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on the Colorado case.