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Supreme Court rejects delay of Minnesota congressional vote
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| Contributor | IndyGeorgia |
| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia Oct 28, 2020 12:06pm |
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| Author | Associated Press |
| News Date | Wednesday, October 28, 2020 02:10:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | WASHINGTON — A Minnesota Republican candidate's bid to delay voting in his congressional race to February after the death of a third-party candidate was rejected Tuesday at the Supreme Court.
Justice Neil Gorsuch, who handles emergency requests from the federal appeals court that oversees Minnesota, denied the request from Tyler Kistner. As is typical when the court acts on an emergency basis, Gorsuch did not say anything in denying the request. But he also didn't ask Kistner's opponent to respond in writing or refer the question to the full court, suggesting it wasn't a close question.
Kistner is running against Democrat Angie Craig, the incumbent, in the Nov. 3 race for Minnesota's competitive 2nd District, which stretches south from St. Paul's suburbs.
"It's unfortunate that Angie Craig is continuing to silence and disenfranchise thousands of her own constituents," Kistner said in a statement.
Craig said Kistner's case has been before three different courts, and each court rejected it.
"The real win today is for the voters of Minnesota's Second Congressional District – who will have their voices heard as part of the November general election and have continuous representation in Congress," Craig said in a statement.
The Craig-Kistner race was thrown into confusion after the September death of Legal Marijuana Now Party candidate Adam Weeks. Because that party has major status in Minnesota and the death was sufficiently close to the election, it triggered a state law calling for a delay until February. |
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