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Terry Newsome of Darian is one of several people opposed to
Biden being on the ballot, primarily because of his open border
policy.
“We’re letting all these different terrorists, known terrorists,
to enter our country right now that’s infiltrating the United
States of America,” Newsome said.
Attorney Kevin Morphew represented Biden. He said disagreeing
with a candidate's policies is not grounds to remove them from
the ballot.
“This is a policy argument couched as a qualifications
challenge,” said Morphew. “This is not a valid objection. It is
very, very troubling that the board entertains and allows
arguments on these cases.”
Attorney Matthew Piers represented those who want Trump off the
ballot and said his attempt to overthrow the last election is
grounds enough.
“The candidate repeatedly exhorted his followers on Twitter and
elsewhere that he in fact won the election and they should take
action to quote, stop the fraud and stop the count of the
votes,” said Piers.
Attorney Scott Gessler was able to keep Trump on the Colorado
ballot.
“If you look at the evidence that they rely upon, 100% of the
evidence they rely upon is public speeches by President Trump
... and so we actually do have a record to be able to look at in
a meaningful way to determine whether or not if President Trump
engaged in insurrection, and the answer is, no he didn’t,” said
Gessler.
The hearing officer will now forward recommendations to the
board’s general counsel. The board is expected to meet Tuesday
to consider the objections.
The Illinois primary election is March 19.
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