The new Minnesota presidential primary law lets parties have sole power to determine which presidential candidates will appear on their presidential primary ballot. As noted earlier, Rocky De La Fuente and a voter who wants to vote for him sued in the Minnesota Supreme Court earlier this month, because without court intervention, the only name on the Republican primary ballot will be President Donald Trump.
On December 18, the State Supreme Court accepted the case and set a briefing schedule. It also invited the Republican Party and the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party to file amicus briefs. On December 23, the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party said it would file an amicus. Until the amicus is filed, though, no one outside of the party will know which side the party is on.
The case is De La Fuente v Simon, A19-1994.
Oh goodie! A ballot access lawsuit in my backyard.
IMO, if the state pays for the primary, they have a say in who can run in it. If the party is willing to either cover the cost, or forgo the primary altogether, it’s up to the party.
@WZ,
Minnesota requires the political parties that are participating in the primary (only 2 of the 4 are) to submit the list of candidates. If a legislature wants a different law they should pass a different law.
IF the State legislatures were even 1 pct *democratic* they would condition having public Prez primaries on EQUAL nom pets ballot access tests for each party candidate involved.
BUT ZERO Democracy in State legislatures >>> just more oligarch machinations — as in last 6,000 plus years
— thus — in most Prez primary stuff / party nominating conventions — just more Stone/Dark Age ROT.
ABOLISH the EC – prevent Civil WAR II.
two of the “major parties” in Minnesota are basically pro-pot legalization parties. it would have been interesting if they had a presidential primary.