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CHICAGO (AP) — A retired judge has recommended to an Illinois election board that former President Donald Trump’s name should be removed from the Illinois primary ballot, but he says the decision should be left to the courts.

The Illinois State Board of Elections is expected to meet Tuesday to vote on the recommendation from Clark Erickson.

He is a retired Kankakee County judge and a Republican. Erickson says that Trump took part in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol and the evidence proves he engaged in insurrection.

The Illinois effort to keep Trump off the March ballot is similar to those filed in several other states.