The Post & Email 6/25/2022
A challenge to two foreign-born candidates competing in an August 9 primary in Minnesota’s fifth congressional district received a hearing Thursday and is awaiting a decision from Judge , according to the docket Saturday evening.
Filed pro se in early May in Minnesota’s Fourth Judicial District by a third candidate in the Democrat primary, , the case asked the court to compel incumbent and another primary contestant, , to provide proof of U.S. citizenship given their acknowledged foreign births, absence of any evidence of their naturalization, and their Affidavits of Candidacy filed with the secretary of state’s office.
Kern named as a third defendant Secretary of State Steve Simon for to require proof that Omar and Samuels meet the eligibility requirements for the office they seek.
Omar was born in Somalia, and Samuels is a native of Jamaica. On their respective websites, including Omar’s congressional website, neither sports a date or year of naturalization nor any statement about their citizenship status.
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