Bills in Legislatures of Five States to Use Ballot Access to Force Presidential Candidates to Release Tax Returns

According to this Washington Post story, there are or soon will be bills in California, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, and New York to keep presidential candidates off the ballot if those candidates don’t release their federal income tax returns. These laws are overwhelmingly likely to be held unconstitutional if they are passed. The idea should be presented as a national constitutional amendment. Thanks to Rick Hasen for the link.


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Bills in Legislatures of Five States to Use Ballot Access to Force Presidential Candidates to Release Tax Returns — 1 Comment

  1. I would love it if someone tacked on an amendment to also force them to release their browser history or some other nonsense requirement too show how stupid this idea is.

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