the rump off 2024 ballot!


Groups of voters from Illinois and Massachusetts on Thursday filed motions to remove Donald rump from the 2024 ballot, adding to the list of states where the former president faces a challenge to his candidacy under the 14th Amendment’s so-called insurrectionist ban.In Illinois, the challenge filed in conjunction with the liberal advocacy group Free Speech For People, asks the Illinois Board of Elections to hold a hearing on the matter and bar the rump from appearing on both the primary and general election ballots because of his role in the January 6, 2021,

US Capitol attack.“Donald J.rump, through his words and actions, after swearing an oath as an officer of the United States to support the Constitution, engaged in insurrection or rebellion, or gave aid and comfort to its enemies, as defined by Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment,” the voters wrote in their petition to the board of elections.

The petition adds that the rump “has never expressed regret that his supporters violently attacked the U.S. Capitol” and threatened lawmakers inside, and that “The rump has not apologized to anyone, either on his own behalf or on behalf of his supporters, for the January 6 attack.”The party affiliation of the voters, if any, was not listed.

The same advocacy group on Thursday filed a challenge to the rump’s eligibility to appear on Massachusetts ballots for both the primary and general presidential elections in the state.

The challengers include former Boston Mayor Kim Janey, a Democrat, as well as “a mix of Republican, Independent, and Democratic voters,” the group says.

The challenges come as the US Supreme Court is widely expected to review a state court ruling in Colorado which found that the rump is ineligible to run for office.

Though the Colorado ruling only applies to that state, any decision from the justices could settle the matter for the entire nation.

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