CARLSON v. RITCHIE

No. A12-2286.

830 N.W.2d 887 (2013)

Stephen W. CARLSON, an individual, eligible, registered voter and nominee for U.S. House of Representatives, CD4-MN on Nov. 6, 2012 ballot, Petitioner, v. Mark RITCHIE, an individual and in his official capacity as Minnesota Secretary of State, Elena L. Ostby, an individual and in her official capacity as Ramsey County District Court Judge, Mary Jurek, an individual and in her official capacity as Ramsey County Deputy Court Administrator, Minnesota State Canvassing Board, Minnesota DFL Party, Betty McCollum, Minnesota DFL candidate and nominee for CD4 U.S. House of Representatives, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

May 22, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen W. Carlson, Saint Paul, MN, petitioner pro se.

Lori Swanson , Attorney General, Nathan J. Hartshorn , Assistant Attorney General, Saint Paul, MN, for respondent Mark Ritchie.

Charles N. Nauen , David J. Zoll , Lockridge Grindal Nauen P.L.L.P., Minneapolis, MN, for respondent Minnesota DFL Party.

Alan W. Weinblatt , Weinblatt & Gaylord, PLC, Saint Paul, MN, for respondent Betty McCollum.

Considered and decided by the court without oral argument.


OPINION

PER CURIAM.

On December 21, 2012, Stephen W. Carlson, the Independence Party candidate in the 2012 election for United States House of Representatives for Minnesota's Fourth Congressional District, filed a petition pursuant to Minn.Stat. § 204B.44 (2012), seeking declaratory and injunctive relief. Carlson asserts three claims in his petition. First, Carlson alleges that Minn. Stat. § 202A.16, subd. 2 (2012), which identifies those who can...

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