[EL] CA tax return requirements for Pres candidates

[Richard Winger]

SB 27 does not bar write-ins in the presidential primary, so if the law survives, I assume Trump would file as a write-in.  He would win that primary.  Many presidential primaries have been won by write-in candidates, such as New Hampshire Republican 1964 by Henry Cabot Lodge.  Having Trump be a write-in candidate would be a nightmare for election administrators.  Ballots with write-ins must be set aside by the vote-counting equipment and examined by human beings.  Millions of write-ins would be an extreme amount of work.

Richard Winger 415-922-9779 PO Box 470296, San Francisco Ca 94147 

    On Wednesday, July 31, 2019, 1:19:37 PM PDT, Douglas Johnson <djohnson at ndcresearch.com> wrote:  
 
 If somehow California’s rule survives challenge, is there any barrier to Trump telling his supporters re-registering as Democrats to vote for Marianne Williamson in the California Democratic primary?
Given CA’s open primary rules the Presidentially primary is the only closed primary, so Trump voters could still vote for whatever down-ballot Republicans they want to support.
And my quick read of CA’s “conditional registration” (aka same-day registration) rules would appear to allow voters to change their party registration on election day.
Am I correct in that analysis?



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