Minnesota 2nd Congressional District Election Contest (Dakota County)

Kistner v. Simon

Filed: November 27, 2020

Decided: December 24, 2020

Election contest filed in Dakota County by a group of Republican federal and state candidates and individual voters seeking to overturn the results of the 2020 general election. The contest claimed that the inclusion of absentee ballots in the county’s results was illegal. The contestants filed a second petition asking for permission to review physical ballots and voting machines. The state district court dismissed the case with prejudice. The contestants appealed to the Minnesota Supreme Court, but then voluntarily dismissed their appeal.

Case Documents

Read the notice of voluntary dismissal of pending appeal here.

Read the order granting the defendants' motion to dismiss here.

Read Rep. Craig's answer to the notice of contest here.

Read Rep. Craig's brief in support of the motion to dismiss here.

Read Rep. Angela Craig's (D) motion to dismiss here.

Read the contestees' brief in support of the motion to dismiss here.

Read the contestees' motion to dismiss here.

Read the contestees' answer to the notice of contest here.

Read the petition to inspect ballots and Dominion voting machines here.

Read the contestants' brief in opposition to the MN secretary of state’s motion to dismiss here.

Read the MN secretary of state's brief in support of the motion to dismiss the contest here.

Read the MN secretary of state's motion to dismiss the contest here.

Read the motion to amend the notice of election contest here.

Read the Dakota County elections directors' brief in support of their motion to dismiss here.

Read the notice of election contest here.

Last updated: August 16, 2021 5:37 pm EST