Donald Trump's presidential candidacy challenged in Illinois for 2024 elections

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10. Trump's candidacy is challenged by a group of Illinois residents

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Five voters formally objected to former President Donald Trump’s newly-filed state nominating petitions Thursday, citing his role fomenting the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol in 2021 and now adding Illinois to the national debate about Trump’s legal status as a presidential candidate.

In a filing obtained exclusively by WBEZ and the Chicago Sun-Times, the objectors believe Trump is disqualified as a presidential candidate and want the State Board of Elections to block him from appearing on Illinois’ March 19 primary and Nov. 5 general election ballots.

They argue that Trump is disqualified by a provision in the 14th Amendment that bars insurrectionists from holding public office, claiming he encouraged rioters to swarm the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, to block Democrat Joe Bidren’s certification as president.

The state election board has openly questioned its authority to invoke the constitutional insurrection clause as a basis to sack a presidential candidate. The agency has suggested the dispute is one that Illinois’ courts or its legislature needs to resolve.