One of the challenges to President Joe Biden’s Illinois presidential primary petition is technical. The objector says Biden’s notarized declaration of candidacy was notarized in the District of Columbia, by a D.C. notary. The objector says he should have used an Illinois notary.
In Illinois, every presidential primary candidate needs 3,000 signatures.
They’d put Biden on the ballot even if he failed to turn in a single signature. Still, it’s nice to see an Establishment Democrat’s petition being challenged for a change. Were they capable of it (they’re not), they might have picked up some empathy for the minor parties they’ve challenged off the ballot over the years.
It would be interesting to know if any of the other three Democrat candidates or any of the five Republican candidates had their declaration notarized in Illinois.