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Lawmakers OK giving Trump a choice: Release taxes or skip California primary
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | July 11, 2019 | Alexei Koseff

Posted on 07/11/2019 3:53:52 PM PDT by Coronal

SACRAMENTO — California lawmakers are seeking once again to force President Trump to release his tax returns by blocking access to the state primary election ballot if he does not.

The matter is now in the hands of Gov. Gavin Newsom, after the state Senate gave final approval Thursday to SB27, which would require presidential candidates to release their last five years of income tax returns in order to be eligible for the primary election in California.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: california; democrats
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To: Coronal

Counter; since Newsome you are threading to tamper in a federal election, your votes are all null and void and your state will not be counted. Any other states try the same thing, and they won’t be counter either.


61 posted on 07/11/2019 6:57:02 PM PDT by Bommer (Help 2ndDivisionVet - https://www.gofundme.com/mvc.php?route=category&term=married-recent-ampute)
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To: MeganC

republicans ran in the primary but the most votes was 7.8% The list of them is below.

Under Cal law the top 2 primary vote getters run fun Nov. So two dems ran Sanchez and Harris.

Republican Party[edit]
Declared[edit]
Greg Conlon, businessman[6]
Tom Del Beccaro, former chairman of the California Republican Party[49][50][51]
Von Hougo, educator[52]
Don Krampe, retiree and candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2012[53]
Jerry J. Laws[6]
Tom Palzer, former city planner[54]
Karen Roseberry, educator[6]
George “Duf” Sundheim, former chairman of the California Republican Party[49][55][56]
Ron Unz, activist and candidate for governor in 1994[57]
Jarrell Williamson, attorney[6]
Phil Wyman, former state senator[58][59]
George C. Yang, businessman[6]


62 posted on 07/11/2019 7:01:01 PM PDT by morphing libertarian ( Use Comey's Report, Indict Hillary now; build Kate's wall. --- Proud Smelly Walmart Deplorable)
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To: Coronal

The White House has to challenge this b.s. soon, because of the terrible lag in the courts. All these states have to do is delay until “it is too late to print up new primary ballots”.

So the administration needs to get an injunction in place to stop this now.


63 posted on 07/11/2019 7:57:01 PM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy ("I'm mad, y'all" -- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez)
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To: Coronal

Clearly, DOJ will challenge and SCOTUS will overturn this.

OTOH, how many Electoral votes did Trump get from California last time around?


64 posted on 07/11/2019 8:24:36 PM PDT by Rembrandt (-)
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To: Jim Noble

Fine Jim, if you want to be precise, qualifications for President none of which have to do with the release of tax returns.


65 posted on 07/11/2019 10:04:56 PM PDT by JMS
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To: JMS

Primary elections of political parties are voluntary activities, since political parties do not exist in the Constitution (and I’m sure would have been banned had they thought of it) I’m not sure laws regulating how they function can be said to affect Article II.


66 posted on 07/12/2019 12:47:53 AM PDT by Jim Noble (1)
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To: Bommer
Counter; since Newsome you are threading to tamper in a federal election

The California legislature's system for appointing Electors is not a Federal election.

67 posted on 07/12/2019 12:49:04 AM PDT by Jim Noble (1)
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To: Socon-Econ
So California, and all the states with Democrat legislatures as soon as they assumed power, could decide that their electors would always go to the Democrats

Yes, of course they could. Voting by individuals is not required by the Constitution, the appointment of Electors is the sole prerogative of the Legislature.

It so happens that all 50 Legislatures have chosen a popular vote method to do this (except for the 3 electors Congress awarded itself in 1960), but it is not required.

The California Legislature could do as you suggest tomorrow and it would absolutely be Constitutional.

68 posted on 07/12/2019 12:53:51 AM PDT by Jim Noble (1)
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To: Souled_Out
Disqualify all votes from California

Votes have no significance in our system for choosing the President. TH he California Legislature has sole authority to appoint their 55 Electors, they can do so however they see fit.

69 posted on 07/12/2019 12:57:17 AM PDT by Jim Noble (1)
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To: Coronal

This is cheesy political theater. Anyone with Pres. Trumps annual income is under perpetual tax audit. He has a battery of accountants to heck every penny. If there was something there it would have been revealed a long time w.


70 posted on 07/12/2019 3:04:26 AM PDT by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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To: Jim Noble

No votes, no representatives.


71 posted on 07/12/2019 5:56:51 AM PDT by Souled_Out (Our hope is in the power of God working through the hearts of people.)
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To: Jim Noble

Ballots are.


72 posted on 07/12/2019 7:26:46 PM PDT by Bommer (Help 2ndDivisionVet - https://www.gofundme.com/mvc.php?route=category&term=married-recent-ampute)
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To: Bommer
Ballots are.

Ballots are what?

73 posted on 07/12/2019 7:30:07 PM PDT by Jim Noble (1)
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