California's lieutenant governor published a major error in her letter urging the pursuit of options to knock former President Donald Trump off the state's primary ballot.
Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis incorrectly said United States citizens must be at least 40 years of age — the actual required age is 35 — to be eligible for the presidential ballot. The error was soon discovered, and the current version of the letter on the lieutenant governor's website has the corrected required age.
“The Constitution is clear. You must be 40 years old and not an insurrectionist,” the original letter read.
In a letter demanding CA’s Secretary of State “explore every legal option” to remove Trump from California’s presidential primary ballot, Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis writes that a person “must be 40 years old and not be an insurrectionist” to be eligible.
— Spencer Brown (@itsSpencerBrown) December 20, 2023
The minimum age is 35. pic.twitter.com/V3es0nsPiY
The corrected letter is identical to the original outside of the correction. In it, Kounalakis requested that California State Secretary Shirley Weber follow Colorado's lead and pursue every possible option to remove Trump from California's ballot.
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"I am prompted by the Colorado Supreme Court's recent ruling that former President Donald Trump is ineligible to appear on the state’s ballot as a Presidential Candidate due to his role in inciting an insurrection in the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021," it read. "This decision is about honoring the rule of law in our country and protecting the fundamental pillars of our democracy."
The Colorado Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that Trump is ineligible to run for president, arguing that he had taken part in an insurrection. The case is expected to go to the U.S. Supreme Court.