SCHROEDER v. SIMON

A20-1264.

985 N.W.2d 529 (2023)

Jennifer SCHROEDER, et al., Appellants, v. Minnesota Secretary of State Steve SIMON, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

Filed: February 15, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Craig S. Coleman , Jeffrey P. Justman , Kirsten L. Elfstrand , Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Teresa J. Nelson , David P. McKinney , American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Julie Ebenstein , American Civil Liberties Union, New York, New York, for appellants.

Keith Ellison , Attorney General, Angela Behrens , Jason Marisam , Assistant Attorneys General, Saint Paul, Minnesota, for respondent.

Jenna K. Johnson , Ballard Spahr LLP, Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Louis Petrich , Ballard Spahr LLP, Los Angeles, California, for amicus curiae American Probation and Parole Association.

Lyndsey M. Olson , Saint Paul City Attorney, Anthony G. Edwards , Megan D. Hafner , Assistant City Attorneys, Saint Paul, Minnesota; and Kristyn Anderson , Minneapolis City Attorney, Minneapolis, Minnesota, for amici curiae City of Saint Paul and City of Minneapolis.

Katherine M. Swenson , Amran A. Farah , Greene Espel PLLP, Minneapolis, Minnesota, for amici curiae District of Columbia, et al.

Anthony B. Sanders , Institute for Justice, Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Adam Shelton , Anya Bidwell , Institute for Justice, Arlington, Virginia, for amicus curiae Institute for Justice.

Tara Kalar , ISAIAH, Saint Paul, Minnesota, for amicus curiae ISAIAH.

Marc A. Al , Andrew J. Pieper , Riley A. Conlin , Emily C. Atmore , Stoel Rives LLP, Minneapolis, Minnesota, for amici curiae League of Women Voters Minnesota, Common Cause Minnesota, and Minnesota Second Chance Coalition.

Bradford Colbert , Legal Assistance to Minnesota Prisoners and Reentry Clinic, Saint Paul, Minnesota; and Joshua Esmay , Legal Rights Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Emily Hunt Turner , All Square, Minneapolis, Minnesota, for amici curiae Legal Assistance to Minnesota Prisoners and Reentry Clinic, Legal Rights Center, and All Square.

Mark R. Bradford , Maria P. Brekke , Bassford Remele, P.A., Minneapolis, Minnesota, for amicus curiae Minnesota Association of Black Lawyers.

John J. Choi , Ramsey County Attorney, Jeffrey A. Wald , Assistant County Attorney, Saint Paul, Minnesota, for amicus curiae Ramsey County Attorney's Office.

Joseph Plumer , Plumer Law Office, Bemidji, Minnesota; and Riley Plumer , Hobbs, Straus, Dean & Walker, LLP, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians.

Henry Allen Blair , Volunteers of America Minnesota and Wisconsin, Saint Paul, Minnesota, for amicus curiae Volunteers of America Minnesota and Wisconsin.

Tara Kalar , World Without Genocide, Saint Paul, Minnesota, for amicus curiae World Without Genocide.


OPINION

Article VII, Section 1, of the Minnesota Constitution provides that "a person who has been convicted of treason or felony" shall not be entitled or permitted to vote in any election in this state "unless restored to civil rights...." Minnesota Statutes section 609.165 (2022) provides a statutory mechanism to restore...

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