Quick decision in Gutknecht ballot case
MN Supreme Court rules in Gutknecht's favor
KARE 11, Minneapolis - St. Paul
U.S. Rep. Gil Gutknecht will keep his place on the Sept. 12 primary election ballot after the state Supreme Court turned back a challenge to the petitions he used to qualify.
Tuesday's ruling came less than five hours after justices heard a DFL lawyer argue that the signatures the six-term Republican congressman collected shouldn't count because some were gathered well before the two-week candidate filing period.
"This decision is a victory for democracy and a defeat for dirty tricks," Gutknecht said in a written statement. "This was a frivolous lawsuit that was politically motivated."
Chief Justice Russell Anderson didn't explain the court's reasoning in a one-paragraph decision.
(The story is here.)
KARE 11, Minneapolis - St. Paul
U.S. Rep. Gil Gutknecht will keep his place on the Sept. 12 primary election ballot after the state Supreme Court turned back a challenge to the petitions he used to qualify.
Tuesday's ruling came less than five hours after justices heard a DFL lawyer argue that the signatures the six-term Republican congressman collected shouldn't count because some were gathered well before the two-week candidate filing period.
"This decision is a victory for democracy and a defeat for dirty tricks," Gutknecht said in a written statement. "This was a frivolous lawsuit that was politically motivated."
Chief Justice Russell Anderson didn't explain the court's reasoning in a one-paragraph decision.
(The story is here.)
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