Activist Group Files Suit Against Trump Ballot Eligibility in Illinois

Published on January 4, 2024

Illinois is the latest state to put former President Donald Trump’s eligibility to appear on the primary ballot into question. Five local voters are “challenging the legal and factual sufficiency of the nomination papers of Respondent-Candidate Donald J. Trump … as a candidate for the Republican Nomination for the Office of the President of the United States,” reads the petition filed against the Illinois State Board of Elections. The voters are represented by Free Speech for People and Illinois co-counsel Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dym and Illinois election lawyer Ed Mullen. Free Speech for People has spearheaded the legal theory that President Trump is disqualified from holding office under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, and therefore should not appear on 2024 primary election ballots....

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