The Post & Email 6/16/2022
A case filed early last month with the purpose of ascertaining the constitutional eligibility of two candidates in Minnesota’s fifth congressional district Democratic primary by another candidate, AJ Kern, is scheduled for a hearing on June 23 at 2:30 PM in the state’s Fourth Judicial District courthouse in Minneapolis.
The suit names incumbent Rep. Ilhan Omar, former Minneapolis City Council member Don Samuels, and Secretary of State Steve Simon as defendants.
Samuels and Omar were born outside the United States, and their naturalization dates, if they exist, have not been made public. “Candidate AJ Kern is requesting proof as to qualifications for office, that candidates Ilhan Omar and Don Samuels provide the underlying proof and documentation as to if, when or how they became United States Citizens to support their sworn Affidavits of Candidacy, to wit, the exact date when they became Citizens of the United States,” Kern wrote in her May 6 complaint. “The proof of the date and proof of citizenship of Ilhan Omar and Don Samuels is all that A J Kern request be provided to her, the Secretary of State, facilitated by this court. Candidate AJ Kern and Minnesota voters have a right to demand the state verify the citizenship of their candidates for the United States Representative as required by the United States Constitution.”
Article I, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution sets forth the qualifications for members of the U.S. House of Representatives, which are:
No person shall be a Representative who shall not have attained to the age of twenty five years, and been seven years a citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of that state in which he shall be chosen.
“Candidates must make sure they are qualified before filing for office as stated on the Secretary of State website,” Kern asserted.
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