Judge Plans to Rule Next Week on Bid to Block Trump From Illinois Ballot

Published on February 18, 2024

A Cook County judge said Friday that she hopes to issue a ruling next week on whether former President Donald Trump should be disqualified from the presidential ballot in Illinois on 14th Amendment grounds, per reports. Judge Tracie Porter, a Democrat, on Friday heard arguments for over three hours between President Trump’s attorneys and those representing five Illinois voters who appealed a Jan. 31 decision by the Illinois Board of Elections to keep the former president on the ballot, according to the Courthouse News Service. The Illinois Board of Elections voted unanimously to include President Trump on the ballot following a recommendation from the board’s general counsel to dismiss a legal challenge brought on Jan. 4 by the five voters, who were joined in their petition by an activist group....

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