Trump stays on Illinois’ ballot as election board declines to ban him

Former president Donald Trump speaking at a campaign event in Las Vegas on Saturday (John Locher/AP)

Illinois’ election board on Tuesday kept former president Donald Trump on the state’s primary ballot, a week before the US Supreme Court hears arguments on whether the Republican’s role in the January 6 2021 attack on the US Capitol disqualifies him from the presidency.

The board’s ruling comes after its hearing officer, a retired judge and Republican, found that a “preponderance of the evidence” shows Mr Trump is ineligible to run for president because he violated a constitutional ban on those who “engaged in insurrection” from holding office.