Republican Judge Recommends Trump Disqualification In Illinois

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : Erickson is the first Republican judge to find that Trump engaged in an insurrection.
49% : However, Erickson wrote another section, which was a recommendation for if the board decided to weigh the merits: The evidence shows that President Trump understood the divided political climate in the United States.
47% : In the event that the Board decides to not follow the Hearing Officer's recommendation to grant the Candidate's Motion to Dismiss, the Hearing Officer recommends that the Board find that the evidence presented at the hearing on January 26, 2024 proves by a preponderance of the evidence that President Trump engaged in insurrection, within the meaning of Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment, and should have his name removed from the March, 2024 primary ballot in Illinois.
25% : A former Republican judge who is acting as the hearing officer first found that the Electoral Board doesn't have the authority to weigh the merits, but if they do, Trump should be disqualified.
13% : Judge Erickson doesn't believe that the Election Board has the authority to decide on the merits of Trump's behavior, but if the Election Board decides that it does, Erickson found that Trump engaged in an insurrection and recommended that he be disqualified from the ballot because Trump engaged in an insurrection.

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