Minnesota Early Voting Reaches 728,961 Ballots: Past the 2022 Total, With Minneapolis Setting a Non-Presidential-Year Record
Minnesota's Secretary of State announced that, as of the close of business on October 29, 728,961 Minnesotans had voted in the November 3 election, with 483,520 ballots cast in person and 245,441 returned by mail since voting began on September 18. The total already exceeds the 673,360 absentee and mail ballots accepted in the entire 2022 midterm election.
Local election officials have distributed 948,465 absentee and mail ballots, and more than 208,000 remain unreturned. Early voting locations were open October 31 and November 1 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and on November 2 until 5 p.m.; on Election Day, November 3, most polling places open at 7 a.m. and close at 8 p.m.
Minneapolis also set a record: the city's Elections and Voter Services office reported 52,661 ballots accepted as of the close of business on October 28, passing the non-presidential-year record of 52,313 set in 2018 and up about 79.8% from the same point in 2022.
(Source: Minnesota Secretary of State)
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State
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