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Illinois would become the third state to disqualify the former president from the ballot after Colorado and Maine. But a ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court could render it moot.

Illinois would become the third state to disqualify the former president from the ballot after Colorado and Maine. But a ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court could render it moot.

Illinois would become the third state to disqualify the former president from the ballot after Colorado and Maine. But a ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court could render it moot.

A hearing officer found by a "preponderance of the evidence that President Trump engaged in insurrection" but that the state elections board was not the proper venue for "constitutional analysis."

On Tuesday, Illinois' election board decided to maintain former President Donald Trump's position on the state's primary ballot, just ahead of the U.S. Supreme Court's upcoming deliberations on whether Trump's involvement in the January 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol renders him ineligible for the presidency.

A hearing officer found by a "preponderance of the evidence that President Trump engaged in insurrection" but that the state elections board was not the proper venue for "constitutional analysis."

A hearing officer found by a "preponderance of the evidence that President Trump engaged in insurrection" but that the state elections board was not the proper venue for "constitutional analysis."