And tax returns ain’t in the list of requirements. Now congress could provide campaign finance payments only to those who provide tax returns, etc.

It's set at the state level

And the Constitution provides the requirements to be President. California can not require the President be at least 50 years old, can not require that he be a Farmer, etc. constitution trump’s states. There are areas where the constitution is silent, such as whether a state’s residents may vote to select those in the electoral college, but a state may not change the constitutionally mandated requirements to hold the office of President. They can’t require tax returns, they can’t require the President work as a farmer, and so on. The constitution has spoken on requirements and states can not overrule the constitution.

It's the ballot.

Don't confuse the two.

Ballot access sits with the state.

If you meet the Federal Requirements - all we ask is you meet the States requirements to be on the ballot.

Show me the money. All of it.

ETA as I posted below -
Star Member JustAnotherGen (24,674 posts)

Anything to give Trump a really hard time in 2020 I'm all for.

We didn't elect Murphy, hold a Democratic Assembly seat, and flip another blue to just roll over and take shit from that ass wipe that clogs up 202/206/287 every weekend in the summer because it can't keep it's ass in Washington DC.

. . . a candidate for president of the United States must meet a variety of complex, state-specific filing requirements and deadlines. These regulations, known as ballot access laws, determine whether a candidate or party will appear on an election ballot. These laws are set at the state level. A presidential candidate must prepare to meet ballot access requirements well in advance of primaries, caucuses, and the general election.

https://ballotpedia.org/Ballot_access_for_presidential_candidates

Lather, rinse, repeat - these laws are set at the STATE level.




Any Presidential candidate that wants to sue us can take it right on up to SCOTUS -

And also explain to the people of NJ precisely what it IS that their corrupt ass is hiding.

I'm on the ballot next month in a local race - if the people of this town in NJ want my tax returns - I can give them to them in detail back to 2004.

It's very simple.

I go to ballotpedia quite often. I would recommend it to anyone here.

Bring a law that would be completely objectionable for Democratic candidates, in retaliation ?

We can't worry about other states.

Other states elected people who pass a tax bill that deliberately and maliciously fucked over home owners and renters alike in NJ (thieved our property tax deduction).

This IS retaliation.

I can't think of a law that would be more objectionable to Dems than to Reps.

They could require all candidates to have been convicted of, or accused of immoral behavior, adultery. That might allow more Reps onto the ballot.

Is possible.

but since some don't, this is necessary.

we couldn't get rid of our Senator but maintained a Democratic and flipped an Assembly seat last November in LD-16.