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Chuck Darwin<p>Groups of voters from&nbsp;<a href="https://c.im/tags/Illinois" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Illinois</span></a> and <a href="https://c.im/tags/Massachusetts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Massachusetts</span></a> on Thursday filed motions&nbsp;to remove Donald Trump 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 <a href="https://c.im/tags/insurrectionist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insurrectionist</span></a> ban.</p><p>In Illinois, the challenge filed in conjunction with the liberal advocacy group 🔸Free Speech For People🔸, asks the&nbsp;Illinois&nbsp;Board of Elections to hold a hearing on the matter and bar Trump from appearing on both the primary and general election ballots because of his role in the January 6, 2021, US Capitol attack.<br><a href="https://c.im/tags/fsfp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fsfp</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/04/politics/illinois-voters-ask-elections-board-to-take-trump-off-2024-ballot/index.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cnn.com/2024/01/04/politics/il</span><span class="invisible">linois-voters-ask-elections-board-to-take-trump-off-2024-ballot/index.html</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Old story but newly relevant:</p><p>2 nonprofit groups Citizens for Responsibility &amp; Ethics in Washington (<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CREW" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CREW</span></a>) &amp; Free Speech for People (<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FSFP" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FSFP</span></a>), have prepared multipronged <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>legal</span></a> strategies to challenge <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Trump</span></a> across the country under <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Section3" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Section3</span></a> of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/14thAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>14thAmendment</span></a>. They have written letters to state election officials calling on them to block Trump from the ballot, while separately preparing voter lawsuits &amp; state election board complaints.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Jan6" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Jan6</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Insurrection" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Insurrection</span></a><br /><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/04/18/trump-ballots-january-6/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/politics/20</span><span class="invisible">23/04/18/trump-ballots-january-6/</span></a></p>