California’s new law requiring presidential candidates to disclose their tax returns to qualify for the primary election does not conflict with state constitutional provisions that give the secretary of state authority to set the ballot, lawyers for the state said in a filing in the California Supreme Court on Wednesday.

Representing Secretary of State Alex Padilla, Deputy Attorney General Jay Russell said Article II of California’s Constitution gives the Legislature the power to “provide for” partisan presidential primary elections.

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