More than 23,000 Minneapolis voters have cast early ballots as of today, ahead of tomorrow’s (Nov. 4) mayoral and city council election, making it the second-highest early voting turnout for its local elections. The city has 255,980 registered voters which means over nine percent of them have voted early.
The highest was in 2021, the year after the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police, when 26,082 had voted on the day before Election Day.
Minnesota’s largest city has a population of 426, 877 and 80% are over the age of 18, according to the research nonprofit, Minnesota Compass,
Data from the Minneapolis Elections and Voter Services office indicates most early voting has been in-person with 14,901 voting in-person while 7,698 voted by mail. 564 voters had their votes processed through Hennepin County, health care facilities and ballot arrivals through delivery services like FedEx and UPS.
The last day for in-person early voting is today (Nov. 3), and hundreds of people were lined up at the Minneapolis elections office when Mshale visited the site just before 12:30pm and state Sen. Omar Fateh, who is seeking to unseat Mayor Jacob Frey, arrived with Congresswoman Ilhan Omar to vote.
The Tuesday election is for mayor, the city council, the park board and for members of the board of estimate and taxation.
The early in-person turnout is highest in Ward 6 where 3,250 have already voted. The ward includes the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood. Ward 3 comes in second with 3,145, while Ward 7 rounds up the top three with 2,526. All of the Councilmembers in these three wards are seeking reelection; Jamal Osman (Ward 6), Michale Rainville (Ward 3) and Katie Cashman. Osman has endorsed Omar Fateh for mayor while Rainville is backing Jacob Frey.
Minneapolis uses Ranked Choice Voting to elect its mayor and city council. The three candidates for mayor, Rev. DeWayne Davis, Jazz Hampton and Omar Fateh have urged their respective supporters to rank the three of them as a slate, and not to rank Jacob Frey.
Early voting will end today (Monday, Nov. 3) at 5 p.m. On Election Day, Nov. 4, you have to vote at your polling place, which you can locate using the Secretary of State polling place locator.
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About Tom Gitaa Gitaa, Editor-in-Chief
Born and raised in Kenya's coastal city of Mombasa, Tom is the Founder, Editor-in-Chief and Publisher of Mshale which has been reporting on the news and culture of African immigrants in the United States since 1995. He has a BA in Business from Metro State University and a Public Leadership Credential from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. He was the original host of Talking Drum, the signature current affairs show on the African Broadcasting Network (ABN-America), which was available nationwide in the United States via the Dish Network satellite service. On the show, he interviewed Nobel laureates such as 2004 Nobel Peace prize winner, Professor Wangari Maathai, the first woman from Africa to win the peace prize and heads of states. Tom has served and chaired various boards including Global Minnesota (formerly Minnesota International Center), the sixth largest World Affairs Council in the United States. He has previously served as the first Black President of the Board of Directors at Books for Africa. He also serves on the boards of New Vision Foundation and the Minnesota Multicultural Media Consortium. He has previously served two terms on the board of the United Nations Association. An avid runner, he retired from running full marathons after turning 50 and now only focuses on training for half marathons.
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