Minnesota Voters Alliance, Petitioners, Republican Party of Minnesota, Petitioner, vs. Timothy Walz

Summary

The Minnesota Supreme Court granted the petition to quash the writ of special election for House District 40B, holding that the writ was issued prematurely under Minn. Stat. § 204D.19, subd. 4, and that the petition was not barred by laches. The Court ordered the cancellation of the special election and directed that any absentee ballots already cast be excluded from future elections. The opinion also noted, without deciding, that the notice requirements of Minn. Stat. § 204D.22 and any House resolution were unresolved.