Resource: Sachs v. Simon

On April 26, 2021 a group of registered voters in Minnesota filed a lawsuit against the Minnesota Secretary of State challenging the state's then-current legislative and congressional districts as unconstitutional. The plaintiffs alleged due to population shifts over the last decade, the state's then-present legislative and congressional districts had become unconstitutionally malapportioned in violation of the one person, one vote constitutional requirement, and that the Governor and State Legislature would be unable to reach a consensus to enact new, lawful plans in time for the upcoming 2022 elections. They sought a declaratory judgment that the then-current legislative and congressional districts violated article I, § 2 and article IV, § 3 of the Minnesota Constitution and Article I, § 2, and the 1st and 14th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. They also sought an injunction barring the defendant from giving any effect to those plans and for the court to implement new legally compliant districts should the Governor and Legislature fail to enact new plans by the February 15, 2022 statutory deadline.

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