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This should spice things up-

President Donald Trump will be ineligible for California’s primary ballot next year unless he discloses his tax returns under a state law that immediately took effect Tuesday, an unprecedented mandate that is almost certain to spark a high-profile court fight and might encourage other states to adopt their own unconventional rules for presidential candidates.

Trump is going to have to hire another gaggle of lawyers to keep those tax returns under wraps. What is he hiding?? 😀

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trumps-tax-returns-required-under-new-california-election-law/ar-AAF4LyB

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@mchill said
This should spice things up-

President Donald Trump will be ineligible for California’s primary ballot next year unless he discloses his tax returns under a state law that immediately took effect Tuesday, an unprecedented mandate that is almost certain to spark a high-profile court fight and might encourage other states to adopt their own unconventional rules for presidenti ...[text shortened]... msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trumps-tax-returns-required-under-new-california-election-law/ar-AAF4LyB
Lol as if Trump would win California.

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This is interesting - thanks for sharing it.
I'm not sure how this would play out in the courts, but I suspect unless they could show cause for the rule, you know, something other than we in California hate Trump, it would probably eventually fail. AFAIK, there is no federal requirement or law regarding this (other than the fact that states set their own rules, of course). And also, of course, states do not nominate candidates - parties do.

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OMG blue states making up dumb laws 🙄
California is trying this crap because they are scared they might turn red Republican.

How many Californian cities have recently changed their minds about sanctuary cities?

California will be red once again. 🤗

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The post that was quoted here has been removed
If he is smart he will lol.

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Don't count your chickens until they hatch.
California will be red again.

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@patzering said
Don't count your chickens until they hatch.
California will be red again.
Not red POTUS territory if he doesn't release his tax forms.
I can only hope that could happen to other states also, even red ones.
Trump would be in a tiny corner then, richly deserved.

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Maybe the Trump campaign should try the write-in candidate route.

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@mchill said
This should spice things up-

President Donald Trump will be ineligible for California’s primary ballot next year unless he discloses his tax returns under a state law that immediately took effect Tuesday, an unprecedented mandate that is almost certain to spark a high-profile court fight and might encourage other states to adopt their own unconventional rules for presidenti ...[text shortened]... msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trumps-tax-returns-required-under-new-california-election-law/ar-AAF4LyB
That's the primary ballot. Trump isn't being challenged anyway, so it's irrelevant.

If Trump were kept off the ballot in the general, all it would do is make the popular vote impossible to measure, as Trump could always claim he only lost the popular vote because he wasn't on the ballot in CA.

It would make no difference in the electoral college. In a world where Trump is competitive in California (not our world), the election would already be over.