Steve Carlson v. Steve Simon, Minnesota Secretary of State, Minnesota State Legislature

OPINION

In September 2016, after declaring his write-in candidacy for President of the United States for the 2016 general election, .petitioner .Steve Carlson filed a written request with the Secretary of State, asking him to count the votes cast for his candidacy. Minn. Stat. § 204B.09, subd. 3(a) (2016) (stating that “[a] candidate ... who wants write-in votes for the candidate to be' counted must file a written request” with the Secretary of State). Relying on subdivision 3(b) of section 204B.09, the Secretary of State refused to accept Carlson’s request because he did not “include the name…