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Whether a State Can Delay a Congressional Election When a Candidate Dies

Robert Timothy Reagan
October 27, 2023

Craig v. Simon (0:20-cv-2066) and Overby v. Simon (0:20-cv-2250) (Wilhelmina M. Wright, D. Minn.)
A congressional candidate died shortly before the election, and Minnesota’s law specified that the election would be delayed from November to February. A district judge granted the incumbent an injunction against a delay of the election.
Subject: Election dates. Topics: Enjoining elections; intervention; interlocutory appeal; pro se party; case assignment; party procedures.

One of many Case Studies in Emergency Election Litigation.