ABDURRAHMAN v. DAYTON

No. 16-4551.

903 F.3d 813 (2018)

Muhammad ABDURRAHMAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Mark DAYTON, in his official capacity as Governor of the State of Minnesota; Lori Swanson, in her official capacity as Attorney General of the State of Minnesota; Steve Simon, in his official capacity as Secretary of State for the State of Minnesota, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: September 12, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel Julian Cragg , Jared M. Reams , Vince C. Reuter , ECKLAND & BLANDO, Minneapolis, MN, Travis Craig Thompson , THOMPSON LAW LLC, Edina, MN, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Nathan J. Hartshorn , Assistant Attorney General, ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE, Saint Paul, MN, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before SMITH, Chief Judge, MURPHY and COLLOTON, Circuit Judges.


The State of Minnesota appointed Muhammad Abdurrahman as a presidential elector during the 2016 presidential election. Contrary to Minnesota's Uniform Faithful Presidential Electors Act, Minn. Stat. §§ 208.40-208.48, Abdurrahman attempted to vote for candidates other than those to whom he was pledged. By operation...

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