A federal judge ruled Friday that Minnesota cannot postpone the November election in a suburban Twin Cities congressional district after the death of a third-party candidate, handing a victory to Rep. Angie Craig (D-Minn.) and House Democrats
A federal judge ruled Friday that Minnesota cannot postpone the November election in a suburban Twin Cities congressional district after the death of a third-party candidate, handing a victory to Rep. Angie Craig and House Democrats.
"The Minnesota Nominee Vacancy Statute does more than restrict voting rights," Wright wrote in a 24-page ruling. "The statute also decrees that votes for the election in question — including votes that have already been cast — will not be counted at all. Exclusion of these votes from consideration in the election undoubtedly restricts or violates the voting rights of those qualified voters who cast them.
Craig protested in a lawsuit filed in late September, arguing that federal law mandates congressional elections are to be held in the November of even years. She released a statement Friday hailing the law as "an enormous victory" for the district. Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon sponsored the bill for that law when he served in the state House and defended the law in court.
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