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TexasTowelie

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Fri Mar 10, 2017, 07:21 AM Mar 2017

Proposed bill says no tax return, no name on ballot

LANSING — Presidential and vice presidential candidates who don't supply five years worth of tax returns to the Michigan Secretary of State within 30 days of an election would not have their name appear on the state ballot under a bill introduced last week in the Legislature.

The bill, sponsored by state Sen. Steven Bieda, D-Warren, is obviously aimed at Republican President Donald Trump, who, so far, has refused to release his tax returns because he says they are still under audit.

“The citizens of Michigan and the American people deserve to know what potential conflicts of interest a presidential candidate and their running mate have, and these potential conflicts can be made clear by turning this federal precedent into state law," Bieda said in a statement.

The bill's future, however, is uncertain at best. Both the House of Representatives and the Senate have significant Republican majorities, who are unlikely to give the bill a hearing, let alone a vote.

Read more: http://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/2017/03/09/proposed-bill-says-no-tax-return-no-name-ballot/98978158/

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Proposed bill says no tax return, no name on ballot (Original Post) TexasTowelie Mar 2017 OP
This is a great idea for all states and Republicans should get behind it too since WePurrsevere Mar 2017 #1

WePurrsevere

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1. This is a great idea for all states and Republicans should get behind it too since
Fri Mar 10, 2017, 07:30 AM
Mar 2017

I'm always hearing them say, "what's the problem if you have nothing to hide" where other things are concerned like Border Patrol check point searches that aren't as you cross the border. Of course being the hypocrites they are that rule only applies when it's not them.

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