Challenge to Biden’s Illinois Ballot Eligibility Should Be Dismissed: Hearing Officer

Application of the 14th Amendment’s Disqualification Clause should be decided by the courts, the officer said.

President Joe Biden speaks to the audience during the South Carolina Democratic Party First in the Nation Celebration dinner at the state fairgrounds in Columbia, S.C., on Jan. 27, 2024. Sean Rayford/Getty Images

A hearing officer assigned to hear a challenge to President Joe Biden’s qualification to appear on the Illinois Democratic presidential primary ballot says the state’s elections board should dismiss the matter.

The objection petition, filed by four Illinois voters, argued that President Biden does not qualify for the presidency under the terms of the 14th Amendment.