Minnesotans are heading to the polls Tuesday for the state’s primary election, where voters will choose candidates for governor, U.S. Senate and the Minnesota Legislature, along with candidates in nonpartisan local races for mayor, city council and county offices.
Polls are open until 8 p.m. Voters who are in line by 8 p.m. will be allowed to vote.
The primary will determine which candidates advance to the Nov. 3 general election.
The Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State said Monday that early voting set a record for a primary in a nonpresidential election year. As of 9 a.m. Monday, election officials had accepted 206,196 absentee and mail ballots. Of those, 99,053 were returned by mail and 107,143 were cast in person.
About 213,000 absentee and mail ballots had not yet been returned as of Monday morning. The Secretary of State’s office is urging voters who still have absentee ballots to return them in person to their local election office rather than mail them. Voters who requested an absentee ballot but have not returned it can instead vote at their polling place.
Among the races Mshale is following closely are contests in Senate District 38 and mayoral races in Brooklyn Park and Brooklyn Center, where the top two finishers will advance to the November general election.
Mshale is also closely watching the DFL primary in House District 38A, where incumbent Rep. Huldah Momanyi Hiltsley and former Brooklyn Park Mayor Wynfred Russell are facing each other in a rematch.
Where do I vote?
Minnesotans can find their Election Day polling place using the Secretary of State’s Polling Place Finder at mnvotes.gov/pollfinder.
Polling places are open until 8 p.m. Tuesday. Anyone in line by 8 p.m. has the right to vote.
Minnesota also allows eligible residents to register to vote at their polling place on Election Day.
To be eligible to vote, a person must be at least 18 years old by Primary Election Day, a U.S. citizen, a Minnesota resident for at least 20 days, not currently incarcerated for a felony conviction and not under a court order revoking the right to vote.
Voters with questions can call the Secretary of State’s election call center at 1-877-600-VOTE (8683) or text 651-217-3862. The service will remain available until 8 p.m. Tuesday.
Voters can also track an absentee or mail ballot at mnvotes.gov/track.
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