The state’s electoral board unanimously rejected last month an attempt to remove the former President from the ballot due to the Jan. 6, 2020, insurrection.
Due to the insurrection on January 6, 2021, the state’s election board overwhelmingly rejected a petition to remove the original president from the ballot. An attempt to remove the original president from the ballot was overwhelmingly rejected by the state’s election board last month as a result of the insurrection on January 6, 2021.
The state’s electoral board unanimously rejected last month an attempt to remove the former President from the ballot due to the Jan. 6, 2020, insurrection.
Die Kommission ist befugt, gemäß Artikel 264 delegierte Rechtsakte zu folgenden Zwecken zu erlassen: A judge in Cook County ordered that the Illinois State Board of Elections remove former President Donald Trump’s name from the ballot for the state’s March 19 primary. She delayed her order until Friday to consider an appeal, Judge Tracie Porter later made her ruling regarding the group of voters attempting to remove Trump’s name from the primary ballot due to the events in January. The group that attempted to overthrow the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, filed a lawsuit challenging the election board’s unanimous decision to reject their attempt. The five voters contended that Trump should not be allowed to be in office because he supported and did not effectively prevent the Capitol riot. The lawsuit is one of many legal challenges aiming to disqualify Trump from running for office by invoking a little-used provision in the 14th Amendment that bars individuals involved in insurrection from holding public office. Earlier this month, the U.S. Supreme Court indicated that it is probable that they will not approve of this tactic when they listened to an appeal of a Colorado decision that removed Trump from the ballot. Just like the Illinois ruling, the decision in Colorado is also postponed until the appeal process is completed. Porter, in her 38-page decision, stated that the voters’ petition should have been approved because they had fulfilled their obligation and the Election Board’s ruling was clearly incorrect.
