Minnesota Democrats are suing to get Donald Trump off the state's ballot

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If the Minnesota Democratic Party gets its way, Donald Trump and his running mate Mike Pence might not appear on the state's ballot in November. Late Thursday, the party filed a lawsuit with the Minnesota Supreme Court arguing that the Minnesota Republican Party violated election rules by having an executive committee select alternate electors, Talking Points Memo explained:

Under Minnesota state statutes, major parties need to supply the name of the party's presidential and vice presidential nominees, the names of ten nominated electors and ten alternate electors in order to officially get their candidates on the ballot. As The Washington Post reported, the Minnesota GOP elected its electoral college members — the ones who actually cast the ballot — at its state convention in May, but forgot to elect alternate electors.To rectify the problem, the state party held a last-minute meeting to select the alternates, a process the Democrats say violated election law. Minnesota's secretary of state accepted the certification, and Trump was ultimately added to the ballot. [Talking Points Memo]

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