California Assembly Elections Committee Will Hear Presidential Tax Returns Bill on June 19

Posted on by May 23, 2019
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The California Assembly Elections Committee will hear SB 27 on Wednesday, June 19.  This is the bill to keep presidential candidates off the presidential primary ballot unless they submit tax returns for the last five years.  It has already passed the State Senate.  Thanks to Ronald Paulinski for this news.

The California bill is the only presidential tax returns ballot access bill that has many any headway during May so far.  No state has passed such a bill yet, even though there have been bills on this subject in many states starting in 2017.

New York State Democratic Committee Endorses Easing Time Limits on Voters Who Want to Switch Parties

Posted on by May 22, 2019
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On May 22, the New York State Democratic Party endorsed the idea of easing the time limits on voters who want to switch parties.  The current law requires voters to have been a member of a party for 190 days before a primary, if they want to vote in that party’s primary (unless the voter wasn’t registered to vote).

The party recommends that the legislature change the law so that voters can switch parties up to 60 days before a primary, and also that currently registered independents can join a party as late as 25 days before a primary.

Now that Democrats have a majority in both houses of the New York legislature,  whatever election law ideas the Democratic Party desires, do pass into law.

New York Legislature Passes Bill to Authorize Sending a New York State Tax Return to Congress

Posted on by May 22, 2019
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On May 22, the New York Assembly passed SB 5072.  It had already passed the Senate.  It authorizes the state to furnish any individual’s state income tax return to the chairperson of the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee.  This bill is motivated by the desire of many to make President Trump’s tax return available to Congress.  Of course Trump is a legal resident of New York state, and his state income tax return must have much of the same information as in his federal income tax return.  Thanks to Political Wire for this news.