Democrats’ effort to rig the outcome of the upcoming 2024 presidential election isn’t going so well. The anti-Trump faction has been trying desperately to ensure that former President Donald Trump does not set foot in the White House as president again. Their plan? Using Section 3 of the 14^th Amendment to keep his name off the ballots in as many states as they can.

Unfortunately for the left, New Hampshire just became the latest state to reject an effort to disqualify the Orange Man What Is Bad™ from appearing on the ballot.

The top election official in New Hampshire says he won't invoke the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution in order to block former President Donald Trump from the ballot in the state that holds the first primary in the Republican nominating calendar.

New Hampshire Secretary of State Dave Scanlan on Wednesday also announced that the filing period for the 2024 presidential primary will start on Oct. 11 — meaning it's nearly all but certain the date of the contest will lead to a collision with the Democratic National Committee (DNC).

At the news conference at the state house in Concord, called in part to address legal efforts by some Republicans in New Hampshire to prevent the former president from getting his name on the 2024 ballot, Scanlan said that as long as Trump "submits his declaration of candidacy and signs it under the penalties of perjury, pays the $1,000 filing fee, his name will appear on the presidential primary ballot."

For those unfamiliar, the provision in the 14^th Amendment that Democrats and anti-Trump Republicans are trying to employ against Trump mandates that people who are involved in rebellions against the United States are prohibited from holding office. It was originally used against Confederate officials after the conclusion of the Civil War. These people allege that since Trump supposedly inspired the riot at the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021, he is disqualified under this provision.

Republican attorney Bryant “Corky” Messner had been considering filing a lawsuit as others did in Colorado and Florida if the former president sought to put his name on the ballot. He questioned whether Trump was still eligible due to the 14^th Amendment.

John Anthony Castro, a Texas-based lawyer, actually filed a lawsuit in New Hampshire with the same objective in mind.

Earlier this month, a federal judge in Florida dismissed a similar lawsuit, noting that the plaintiff “lacked standing” to file it in the first place. This was the first of what will likely be many failed efforts to block Trump from appearing on the ballot.

It appears that so far, none of the secretaries of state are buying what the anti-Trumpers are selling. From the moment that Democrats first floated the idea of keeping the former president from running for office again, it was clear that it was a blatantly political move. It has nothing to do with rebellions, insurrections, or even preserving the Constitution. The bottom line is that Democrats are simply looking to prevent the return of their biggest boogeyman by any means necessary. Unfortunately for them, it doesn’t seem to be working.