WEILER v. RITCHIE

No. A10-1120.

788 N.W.2d 879 (2010)

Carol WEILER, Petitioner, v. Mark RITCHIE, Minnesota Secretary of State, Respondent, Dan "Doc" Severson, Intervenor-Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

September 30, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan W. Weinblatt , Weinblatt & Gaylord, PLC, St. Paul, MN, for petitioner.

Lori Swanson , Attorney General, Kenneth E. Raschke, Jr. , Assistant Attorney General, St. Paul, MN, for respondent.

David W. Asp , R. Reid LeBeau II , Matthew R. Salzwedel , Lockridge Grindal Nauen P.L.L.P., Minneapolis, MN, for intervenor-respondent.


OPINION

PER CURIAM.

This case raises a challenge under Minn. Stat. § 204B.44 (2008) to the name by which a candidate for Minnesota Secretary of State seeks to appear on the 2010 general election ballot. On May 25, 2010, Daniel Mark Severson filed an affidavit of candidacy as the Republican-endorsed candidate for Minnesota Secretary of State. The affidavit of candidacy requires the candidate to state his name "as it will appear on the ballot" and requires...

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