DFL revokes Fateh's Minneapolis mayoral endorsement after flawed vote

The Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party revoked its local endorsement of state Sen. Omar Fateh in the Minneapolis mayor’s race, citing substantial failures in the convention’s voting process. The unprecedented move comes after Fateh, a Democratic Socialist challenging Mayor Jacob Frey, won the endorsement at a July convention that was marked by dozens of challenges, delays and miscounted votes. The decision was issued by the state party’s Constitution, Bylaws and Rules Committee, which also said the flawed process invalidated the recent endorsement and would be revisited in the interest of party unity ahead of the November election.

The party’s review concluded that the electronic voting system used at the Minneapolis convention was substantially flawed. It found that the first ballot was undercounted by 176 votes, which led to a candidate—DeWayne Davis—being improperly excluded from the second round. As a result, the committee determined that both the first and second rounds of voting for the mayoral endorsement must be disregarded. In short order, Fateh’s status as the DFL-backed candidate was revoked, and he will no longer appear as the endorsed option in party materials...