Posted on 07/23/2021 7:06:58 AM PDT by Starman417
In what we hope is a positive sign towards a recall victory, gubernatorial candidate Larry Elder won two lawsuits against the Secretary of State Shirley Weber, who had tried to keep him off the ballot due to “incomplete redacted and/or unredacted income tax returns were filed”. The judge ruled that this only applied to primary elections, not special elections. In addition, it was also found that even if the rule were to apply, the Elder submissions of his tax returns were sufficient.
Shirley Weber knew this, but why did she try? It was a game to distract one of the front-running candidates to divert time and attention away from important campaign matters at hand in this very limited time frame for the recall election. Thankfully, attorney fees were required to be paid by the defendant.
However, there is a broader lesson here. Weber tried because California Democrats have gotten away with this for too long. This tax rule was instituted by the California Democrats to hold on to power and prevent candidates they don’t like from running, starting with former President Trump who refused to release certain tax returns. The California Supreme Court shot this down for presidential candidates but kept it in place for state elections.
In fact, Shirley Weber violated the law by doing this and was willing to risk it because in the past, Republicans haven’t fought back. From the election code, “The Secretary of State shall review the redacted copy of each tax return submitted by the candidate to ensure that the redactions comply with subdivision (a). If the Secretary of State determines that the candidate has redacted information other than that permitted by subdivision (a), the Secretary of State shall prepare a new version of the tax return with only the redactions permitted by that subdivision. (c)(1) Within five days of receipt of the candidate’s tax returns, the Secretary of State shall make redacted versions of the tax returns available to the public on the Secretary of State’s internet website. Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Secretary of State shall make public the redacted version of the tax returns submitted by the candidate pursuant to subdivision (a).” The Candidate MUST redact social security numbers, home address, telephone number, email address, and medical information.
The spirit of the law above is very much along the lines of helping a candidate fix any mistakes, not to throw out a candidacy completely. Now it has exposed the California Democrats’ power have gotten bigger and bigger, using technicalities to upend democracy and fair elections. Pretty rich from the party that cries against voter suppression (this is a clear example of suppressing voters and a candidate).
Recently, recalled State Senator Josh Newman, who actually won back his seat in a general election after defeating Senator Ling Ling Chang in Southern California, immediately proposed a bill to reveal the names of those who sign recalls, effectively doxxing those who dare use a legal process to hold their elected officials accountable.
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Glad to see CA doing something to deflect the steamroller than is Dem politics in CA. I hope it works for their sake.
the steamroller that is Dem politics in CA
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The problem is the Dems have near total control of the “fuel” that runs the steamroller. California is a lost cause IMO.
*Shirley Weber violated the law*
Ok so she gets an F for the day. This post is 1 hour long. 3 replies. No one here cares.
No one here cares.
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So why are you reading it?
Well, n
Because he is ‘nobody’ and he cares !
U 2 R funny. I just wish you could acknowledge the truth,
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