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In reply to the discussion: Federal judge blocks California law requiring Trump tax returns [View all]onenote
(46,110 posts)I think the disclosure requirement for getting on the primary ballot should be upheld. But I also don't think states have completely unfettered discretion in deciding how to run primary elections. For example, a state can limit voting in a primary to registered members of a particular political party, even if that effectively disenfranchises voters that do not register with any party. But could they say that only left handed people can vote? Only people over a certain age? Only people who voted in the last general election? Could a state impose, in effect, a poll tax to participate in a primary?
Again...states can do a lot of things, but I don't think they necessarily can do anything that they want. And that goes for ballot access issues. Could a state declare that only a left handed person can qualify for ballot access? Or only someone with a net worth of $10 million dollars? There has to be some standard...I don't know what it is, but there has to be something.