[EL] limit on voters’ informational interest [was: California apparently becomes first state to require pres candidates to show income tax returns

[D. A. Holtzman]

In the veto message, Gov. Jerry Brown wondered how far election law 
should go with the “because voters want to see the information” interest.

Concerned with a possible “‘slippery slope’” effect, he wrote, “Today we 
require tax returns, but what would be next? Five years of health 
records? A certified birth certificate? High school report cards?”

Forgive my lack of knowledge in this area, but please indulge my 
curiosity.Have the courts established a test for deciding whether a 
government has taken “voters’ informational interest” too far in the 
context of election law?If so, what’s the test?

(Years back I heard a law professor talk up the informational interest, 
and I think she said the question of whether it was sufficient to 
support a disclosure law hadn’t been settled.)

- dah


On 10/16/2017 4:07 AM, Rick Hasen wrote:
> The governor vetoed the bill: 
> http://www.latimes.com/politics/essential/la-pol-ca-essential-politics-updates-trump-tax-returns-veto-jerry-brown-1508092026-htmlstory.html
>
> Rick Hasen
> Sent from my iPhone. Please excuse typos.
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