Daniel Walker

Read the court's opinion here 

Herb Hoffman has pledged to continue to fight, but for the moment he’s off the ballot.

The state’s Supreme Court sided with the Maine Democratic Party, who challenged the independent seeking a U.S. Senate seat on the grounds that three signature sheets on his nominating petition were invalid.

The party brought the complaint first to the Maine Secretary of State’s Office, and then the Maine Superior Court, both of which ruled against them.

In a ruling which was handed down at 4 p.m. Monday, the Supreme Court overturned the Superior Court’s ruling.

The opinion read: “We conclude that the plain language of the statute requires that each of the three petitions be stricken in their entirety, and, thus, we must vacate the judgment of the Superior Court affirming the Secretary's determination that the three petitions were valid.”