On July 24, California filed this brief in Ware v Weber, e.d., 2:26cv-1643.  This is the case in which Butch Ware argues that the California law requiring gubernatorial candidates to file copies of the last five years’ tax returns is unconstitutional.  The state’s brief says the case is moot.  It does not acknowledge that in this year’s primary, three gubernatorial candidates were kept off the ballot because the tax returns law.  This is relevant because the state assumes that the law does not create a recurring problem for gubernatorial candidates.

The other two candidates who had problems with the tax returns requirement were Che Ahn and Gheorghe Roper.