337,633 ballots accepted in first 4 weeks for November 5 lection

SAINT PAUL — In the first four weeks of voting, local election officials distributed 716,858 absentee and mail ballots in Minnesota. County, city, and township election officials have accepted 337,633 ballots, according to the Minnesota Secretary of State’s office. These totals continue to outpace the mail and absentee acceptance totals in the 2016 General Election. However, they also continue to fall short of the record high absentee voting in the 2020 General Election during the pandemic.
“We’re more than halfway through voting season in Minnesota and now is the time to make a plan to vote,” said Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon. “Minnesotans can vote by mail, early in-person, and in-person on Election Day. Starting on October 18, many local election offices will offer direct balloting which replicates the Election Day experience by allowing voters to put their ballots directly into ballot tabulators. Ballot tabulators are secure elections equipment that are tested before every election, certified by state and federal election experts, and kept in secure locations.”
To be eligible to vote, a person must be 18 or older by Election Day, a U.S. Citizen, a resident of Minnesota for at least 20 days, not currently incarcerated for a felony conviction, and not under a court order that revokes your right to vote.
The deadline to register to vote before Election Day was Tuesday, October 15. Minnesotans can still register to vote on Election Day, if needed.