SALEM: "The national advocacy group trying to block former President Donald Trump from appearing on primary ballots filed a lawsuit with the Oregon Supreme Court on behalf of five Oregon voters on Wednesday. The legal complaint comes less than a week after Secretary of State LaVonne Griffin-Valade announced she wouldn’t keep Trump’s name off primary ballots under advice from the state Department of Justice, who told her she lacks the authority to determine whether presidential primary candidates are qualified. Attorneys for Free Speech for People, who filed the state lawsuit, disagree. They’re seeking an order from the state Supreme Court requiring Griffin-Valade to disqualify Trump from the primary and general election ballot, or, alternatively, an order directing Griffin-Valade to demonstrate why she shouldn’t be required to disqualify him.

The Justice Department previously advised secretaries of state that they didn’t have the authority to determine whether 1968 presidential candidate George Romney, who was born to American parents in Mexico, met the requirement to be a “natural born citizen, “ or whether former President Dwight Eisenhower could be removed from 1952 primary ballots when he wasn’t registered with the Republican Party."

https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2023/12/06/group-sues-oregon-secretary-of-state-griffin-valade-to-keep-trump-off-ballot/