Illinois voters file petition to remove Trump from Republican primary ballot

State joins more than a dozen others in their requests, following Colorado and Maine barring former president from their ballots

Voters in Illinois have filed a petition to remove Donald Trump from the state's Republican primary ballot, echoing efforts in other states to bar the former president from returning to the White House over his role in the 6 January capitol attack.

The petition, similar to those filed in more than a dozen other states, relies on the 14th amendment to the constitution.