On March 26, a California state trial court refused to put Butch Ware back on the California primary ballot. Sacramento Superior Court, Ware v Weber, 26WM000074. An appeal is planned. The court order merely says that Ware’s request is denied “for the reasons stated in the oral argument”.

See this news story, which says that the judge skirted the issue of whether the tax returns law is unconstitutional. The law had been passed in 2019 and it covered presidential and gubernatorial candidates, but the part of the law relating to presidential candidates was struck down that year by both the State Supreme Court and a U.S. District Court Judge.

On March 25, the California State Appeals Court refused to put Che Ahn on the ballot as a gubernatorial candidate. Ahn v Superior Court, C105918. Ahn was kept off the ballot because he didn’t file his income tax returns for the last five years with the Secretary of State.

The Court did not explain its reasoning.

On Marh 25, a California state trial court ruled that voters who sign petitions for candidates must fill out the address blank personally. If the petition signer lets someone else fill in the address, the signature is invalid. Calhoon v Weber, 26WM000063, Sacramento Superior Court. As a result, the plaintiff, Earnest Rey Calhoon, will not be on the ballot for Assembly, 79th district.

Here is the opinion.