Commentary: Requiring candidate tax returns is legal
by Erwin Chemerinsky, Los Angeles Times
Aug 02, 2019
3 minutes
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday took an important step to providing California voters with critical information to inform their election choices. He did so by signing SB 27, which requires all candidates for president to provide their income tax returns to the California Secretary of State as a precondition for appearing on the state's primary election ballot.
The new law is a legitimate expression of California's sovereign authority to regulate who is listed on its ballot and ensure that voters are properly informed.
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