Activist Group Files Suit Against Trump Ballot Eligibility in Illinois

Ballot disqualification argument against former president dates back to 2021.
Activist Group Files Suit Against Trump Ballot Eligibility in Illinois
Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks after arriving for his civil business fraud trial in New York State Supreme Court on Dec. 7, 2023 in New York City. Eduardo Munoz Alvarez-Pool/Getty Images
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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.
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