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CARLSON v. SIMON

A16-1533.

888 N.W.2d 467 (2016)

Steve CARLSON, Petitioner, v. Steve SIMON, Minnesota Secretary of State, Respondent, Minnesota State Legislature, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

Filed: December 28, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Lori Swanson , Attorney General, Nathan J. Hartshorn , Assistant Attorney General, Saint Paul, Minnesota, for respondent Steve Simon, Minnesota Secretary of State.

Considered and decided by the court without oral argument.

OPINION

In September 2016, after declaring his write-in candidacy for President of the United States for the 2016 general election, petitioner Steve Carlson filed a written request with the Secretary of State, asking him to count the votes cast for his candidacy. Minn. Stat. § 204B.09, subd. 3(a) (2016) (stating that "[a] candidate...

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