Shenna Bellows speaks out: Maine's secretary of state stands defiant

https://www.salon.com/2024/01/02/this-is-unacceptable-maines-secretary-of-state-stands-defiant-in-the-face-of-doxxing-non-stop-threats-from/#:~:text=PORTLAND%2C%20MAINE%20%E2%80%94%20The%20morning%20after,home%20occurred%20last%20Friday%20night%2C
“My decision was based exclusively on the facts presented to me at the hearing and my obligations under the law"

PORTLAND, MAINE — The morning after deciding former President Donald Trump is not eligible to appear on Maine’s presidential primary ballot this year, Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows began receiving a barrage of violent threats.By the time a swatting incident targeting Bellows’ home occurred last Friday night, her office phones had been ringing off the hook all day.

“What was concerning on Friday was the level of vitriol and just abusive communications directed at my staff and furthermore the threatening communications targeting not only me but my family and people around me,”Bellows said in an interview.

She was doxxed. Her home address and personal cell phone — called constantly — were posted online. Trump’s Truth Social directed his followers to her official website.

“The volume of calls seems to have been larger than the volume of emails,” Bellows said. “Civil servants working in state government shouldn't be on the receiving end of communications ranging from profanity to worse.”

Depending who you talk to in Maine, Bellows is either a courageous hero or a political hack for becoming the first state election official to ever disqualify a candidate for federal office under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution.