Minnesota Supreme Court explains its decision on late changes to 7B ballot
December 5, 2012 at 6:00 pm in Duluth News Tribune
The Minnesota Supreme Court cited the “paramount interests of voters” Wednesday as the rationale for its decision to allow Democrats to replace Rep. Kerry Gauthier’s name on ballots for the House District 7B election last month.
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So Fosle was supposed to know in June that Gauthier would withdraw his name from the ballot in August? That’s the only way he would’ve been able to submit a nominating petition in time. And just for the record, Fosle did not lack any endorsement as asserted in the story. He chose to neither solicit nor accept any endorsement.
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Whether or not Simonson was approved or not he should have never been on the ballot because of moral behavior towards his own daughter. Some big politicians have been brought down because of hidden affairs but not an eyebrow is raised by the DFL about someone who willing abandoned his own daughter. The local DFL has a scewed few of what is right and what is wrong.
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Again what I see is the Courts making law. Scary web is being weaved.
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Obviously there’s no way to prove this but I believe it with every fiber of my being – This court would never have done this for a Republican candidate.
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Wasn’t this court by and large appointed by Pawlenty?
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I just checked all but one were appointed under Republican Governors. So your argument of them favoring Democrats doesn’t really hold water.
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Simonson was supposed to have shown up, but decided he just didn’t feel like it.
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