No. 23-960

Independence-Alliance Party of Minnesota v. Steve Simon, Minnesota Secretary of State

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-03-04
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived Experienced Counsel
Tags: anderson-burdick ballot-access first-amendment minor-political-party nominating-petition political-participation strict-scrutiny
Latest Conference: 2024-04-12
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether an unnecessarily confusing oath requirement in a minor political party candidate's nominating petition to gain access to the ballot is subject to strict scrutiny analysis under the First Amendment despite the Anderson-Burdick framework because the State's interest is only in the requisite number of petition signatories and because the unnecessarily confusing oath has limited political participation.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether an unnecessarily confusing oath requirement in a minor political party candidate's nominating petition to gain access to the ballot is subject to strict scrutiny analysis under the First Amendment despite the Anderson-Burdick framework because the State's interest is only in the requisite number of petition signatories and because the unnecessarily confusing oath has limited political participation

Docket Entries

2024-04-15
Petition DENIED.
2024-03-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/12/2024.
2024-03-12
Waiver of right of respondent Steve Simon, Minnesota Secretary of State to respond filed.
2024-02-29

Attorneys

Independence-Alliance Party of Minnesota
Erick G. KaardalMohrman, Kaardal & Erickson P.A., Petitioner
Steve Simon, Minnesota Secretary of State
Allen Cook BarrOffice of the Minnesota Attorney General, Respondent