Kahn v. Griffin

OPINION

PAUL H. ANDERSON, Justice.

This case is before us on a certified question from the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota. The federal court’s certified question implicates both the Minnesota Constitution and state statutes and is as follows:

Does the Minnesota Constitution provide greater protections to the right to vote than does the United States Constitution such that failure to hold prompt elections following decennial redistricting violates (a) the Minnesota Constitution and/or (b) Minnesota Statutes §§ 204B.135, subd. 1, and 204B.14, subd. la? 1

Under Minnesota…