Illinois Election Board Unanimously Votes To Keep President Trump On State Ballot

In another win for President Trump, the Illinois election board has unanimously agreed to allow President Trump on the ballot.

Many states have continued to push for President Trump’s removal from the state ballot, alleging he participated in an insurrection on Jan. 6th.

The Supreme Court is scheduled to discuss the case next week.

BREAKING: Illinois’ election board kept former President Donald Trump on the state’s primary ballot, rejecting a challenge under the U.S. Constitution's 14th Amendment. https://t.co/bPxY08qK3B

— The Associated Press (@AP) January 30, 2024

The Associated Press News shares more:

Illinois’ election board on Tuesday kept former President Donald Trump on the state’s primary ballot, a week before the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments on whether the Republican’s role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol disqualifies him from the presidency.

The board’s unanimous ruling comes after its hearing officer, a retired judge and Republican, found that a “preponderance of the evidence” shows Trump is ineligible to run for president because he violated a constitutional ban on those who “engaged in insurrection” from holding office. But the hearing officer recommended the board let the courts make the ultimate decision.

That will likely be the case now, with the Supreme Court scheduled next week to hear arguments in Trump’s appeal of a Colorado ruling declaring him ineligible for the presidency in that state.

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The leftist-run States continue to peddle the narrative that Jan. 6th was an insurrection.

Despite the proof showing that it was NOT.

JUST IN — Trump stays on Illinois ballot as election board declines to ban him over insurrection amendment. pic.twitter.com/DohFYbE0Zu

— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) January 30, 2024

BREAKING: Illinois State Board of Elections allows Donald Trump to remain on the state’s primary ballot, finding that the board lacks authority to make a determination on his eligibility under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. pic.twitter.com/61LBaaoPYq

— Democracy Docket (@DemocracyDocket) January 30, 2024

PBS shares more:

The board’s ruling comes after its hearing officer, a retired judge and Republican, found that a “preponderance of the evidence” shows Trump is ineligible to run for president because he violated a constitutional ban on those who “engaged in insurrection” from holding office. But the hearing officer recommended the board let the courts make the ultimate decision.

That will likely be the case now, with the Supreme Court scheduled next week to hear arguments in Trump’s appeal of a Colorado ruling declaring him ineligible for the presidency in that state.

The nation’s highest court has never ruled on a case involving Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, which was adopted in 1868 to prevent former confederates from returning to office after the Civil War but has rarely been used since then. Some legal scholars say the post-Civil War clause applies to Trump for his role in trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election and encouraging his backers to storm the U.S. Capitol after he lost to Democrat Joe Biden.

Democrats are delusional to think that the Supreme Court would rule in their favor.

This is nothing more than a political stunt.

It is a dangerous political stunt that demonstrates to the rest of the country that our parties are willing to remove Presidential candidates that they disagree with.