Larry Elder threatens to sue over allegation he failed to qualify as gubernatorial candidate

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After announcing last Monday that he was running for governor in California’s recall election, Tory talk show host Larry Elder hit a bump on the road to Sacramento.

The state of California on Saturday released a list of 41 recall candidates against Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom on September 14 and to his surprise, Elder was not on the list. That’s because California Secretary of State Dr Shirley Weber and her “Election Night Filing and Reporting Team” said Elder was ineligible due to “incomplete tax returns and / or not written which have been filed ”.

Outraged, Elder said no one had ever been disqualified for such a reason and said he was ready to take the matter to court.

“No one has ever been disqualified from a poll here in California for a reason like that,” Elder tweeted Monday, noting a new law that was passed by the Democratic Legislature by qualified majority to force Trump to hand over his tax returns to get the 2020 ballot. Elder, who is also a lawyer, said the California Supreme Court unanimously struck down the law for the presidential election, but left it for the election of governors.

Radio host Larry Elder is threatening the state of California with a lawsuit after their secretary of state said he was not qualified to run for governor against Gavin Newsom. Here, Elder attends the “Death Of A Nation” premiere on July 31, 2018 in Los Angeles. Greg Doherty / Getty Images

“The secretary of state is either saying that we have not redacted enough information on my statements or that we have redacted information that should not have been redacted. We are trying to verify the details,” said Elder, noting that his campaign had carefully submitted over 200 pages of five-year tax returns.

“Our campaign has contacted the Secretary of State, but the appeals have not been returned. We are preparing legal action and are confident that Larry Elder will be on the certified list of candidate for governor,” Ying Ma said. – Campaign speech Elder told Newsweek on Monday.

Newsweek contacted the California Secretary of State by phone and email, and a student assistant told us over the phone that he was unable to provide information on the matter.

Elder, 69, is also an author, filmmaker and regular guest on Fox News. He joined supporters on Tuesday, July 13 at the LA County Registrar of Electors’ office in Norwalk, Calif., To celebrate the official announcement of his candidacy.

Born in Los Angeles, Elder grew up in the city’s Pico-Union and South Central neighborhoods and was the son of a US Marine Corps sergeant during World War II. He considers himself a libertarian and told Newsweek he is running to “do something about the egregious behavior of Gavin Newsom” and the way the governor has handled the coronavirus, among others.

He joins the long list of candidates including John Cox and Caitlyn Jenner running against Newsom after a campaign to remove him from office successfully garnered more than 1.7 million signatures.

“We have complied with everything the secretary of state has asked us to do,” Elder tweeted on Monday. “The politicians in Sacramento know that I am the only candidate who can beat Gavin Newsom. They are scared and use whatever shenanigans they can try to tear me apart. It won’t work.”

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