CHICAGO – Could President Trump be banned from being included on Illinois' 2020 primary or general election ballot? It's possible, if the Democrat majority in the Illinois General Assembly has their way.
This week, the Illinois Senate passed along party lines a bill that would require presidential and vice-presidential candidates to release their tax returns in order to be on the Illinois ballot. The requirement does not include other federal or state candidates.
The Herald & Review was on hand during the floor debate as to why only presidential and vice-presidential candidates would be required to show their returns.
“Why aren’t any of those people in this?” state Sen. Dale Righter, R-Mattoon, asked.
Munoz, a Chicago Democrat, said he is open to expanding the elected officials included in the bill upon negotiation in the House.
Righter called the bill “an embarrassing waste of the Senate’s time,” citing two U.S. Supreme Court cases which say the Constitution lays out ballot qualifications and states cannot make them more strict.
The bill now proceeds to the Illinois House.
The vote on SB 145:
