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CA Senate Passes Bill To Force Presidential Candidates To Release Tax Returns To Be On State Ballot

There are 19 states proposing this same bill, however it would take a constitutional amendment to modify federal elections criteria on a federal level. Article II of the Constitution provides the criteria for presidential candidates.

Jay Sekulow says they plan to fight this in court, soon.

305 posted on 07/10/2019 6:19:11 PM PDT by StormFlag (Even in the mud and scum of things, something always, always sings. Ralph Waldo Emerson)
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however it would take a constitutional amendment to modify federal elections criteria
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Exactly. Unfortunately all elections are controlled at the state level. House members and Senate members are elected directly by a vote on the state level. In the Presidential election voters are voting for representatives to the Electoral College, who can technically vote for whomever they choose.

There needs to be an amendment to federalize House, Senate, and Presidential elections and hold them on a different date that state or local elections, with no absentee ballots except for legitimate reasons allowed.

The amendment needs to specify that electoral ballots be vote according to the outcome of the vote in each Congressional District (whoever wins the majority of votes in a Congressional District gets that Congressional district’s Electoral Ballot). The two Electoral Ballots generated in each state and allocated per Senator should be decided by the legislative body of each state.


339 posted on 07/10/2019 7:30:24 PM PDT by Yulee
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