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State Financial Disclosure Antiquated, Inaccessible

Stateline: In this election, the controversies are over tax returns, the source of personal wealth and who’s funding campaigns. No, it’s not the presidential race — it’s the contest for governor of Missouri.

Missouri Democratic candidate Chris Koster called off debate negotiations with Republican candidate Eric Greitens on the grounds that Greitens wouldn’t release his tax returns for the years 2012 through 2015. Greitens counters that no gubernatorial candidate in the state has ever released tax returns and that he and his wife, Sheena, made the decision not to unveil them.

“Eric has also filled all the personal financial disclosure forms necessary to show that there are no conflicts of interest,” said Will Scharf, policy director for Greitens. Koster has filed the same forms, a spokesman said.

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