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Land poll opening and endmost times
Early on voting
Absentee/mail-in voting
All-postal service voting
Voter ID laws
Recount laws
Ballot access for major and minor party candidates

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The policies governing voter participation are enacted and enforced primarily at the state level. These policies, which include voter identification requirements, early voting provisions, online voter registration systems, and more, dictate the conditions under which American citizens bandage their ballots in their respective states.

This commodity includes the following information about voting policies in Minnesota:

  • Voter registration details, including deadlines and eligibility requirements.
  • In-person voting details, including identification requirements, poll times, and early voting provisions.
  • Absentee/mail service-in voting deadlines and rules.
  • Details almost convicted felons' voting rights.
  • Contact data election agencies.
  • Summaries of noteworthy policy-related events.

See Election assistants in Minnesota for more additional data about ballot administration in the state, including voter list maintenance policies, provisional ballot rules, and post-ballot auditing practices.

Voter registration

The table below displays voter registration data specific to Minnesota's 2022 primary election.

Voter registration in Minnesota
Registration URL Link
Registration status URL Link
Registration update URL Link
In-person registration borderline August ix, 2022
Mail registration borderline July 19, 2022
Mail postmark or receipt deadline Received
Online registration deadline July 19, 2022
Same-day registration Yes
Early voting aforementioned-mean solar day registration Yes

Eligibility and registration details

To vote in Minnesota, an individual must be 18 years former on Election Solar day. The individual must exist a Usa denizen who has resided in Minnesota for the 20-day period preceding the election.[1]

An individual must register to vote at least 21 days before Election Day or on Election Twenty-four hour period at a polling place. An private may register to vote by completing a registration application and submitting it by postal service or in-person to a local ballot official. An individual can also register online. To register at a polling identify on Election Day, an private must present valid identification.[1]

In-person voting

The table beneath displays in-person voting information specific to Minnesota'south 2022 principal ballot.

In-person voting in Minnesota
All voters required to bear witness ID No
ID types

Hover or tap here to meet valid forms of voter ID ID with current name and address. Photo ID and a document with current proper name and accost. Registered voter who can ostend your address. College student ID with housing list. Valid registration in the same precinct. Discover of tardily registration. Staff person of a residential facility.

ID source URL Link
Early voting start date June 25, 2022
Early voting end date Baronial 8, 2022
Weekend voting? N/A
Early voting source URL Northward/A
Ballot Day poll times 7 a.thou. to 8 p.grand.

Poll times

See likewise: Land poll opening and closing times

In Minnesota, most polling places are open from vii:00 a.one thousand. to eight:00 p.m. Primal Time. However, some smaller municipalities may open their polls as belatedly as x:00 a.grand. An individual who is in line at the fourth dimension polls close must be allowed to vote.[ii]

Voter identification

See also: Voter identification laws by land

Minnesota does not require voters to present identification while voting.[3]

If you are registering to vote at the polls or take not voted in at least 4 years, you will need to bring proof of residency to the polls. Click here to run into what qualifies as acceptable proof of residency.

Early voting

See likewise: Early voting

Minnesota permits early on voting. Learn more by visiting this website.

Absentee/mail-in voting

Encounter as well: Absentee/mail-in voting

The table below displays absentee voting information specific to Minnesota's 2022 primary election.

Absentee voting in Minnesota
Are there limits on who can request a ballot? N/A
Postal service request deadline August 8, 2022
Request postmark or receipt deadline Received
Mail service return borderline August 9, 2022
Render postmark or receipt deadline Received
Notary/witness requirements N/A

There are no eligibility requirements to vote absentee in Minnesota.[four]

There is no specific deadline for applying for an absentee ballot. A completed election must exist returned on or before Election 24-hour interval for information technology to be counted.[5]

Bedevilled felons' voting rights

See as well: Voting rights for convicted felons

In Minnesota, individuals convicted of a felony are not eligible to vote until they accept completed their sentence–including prison house time, jail time, and parole or probation–unless they are granted a "Stay of Adjudication," allowing individuals to avert a conviction with successful completion of probation. Click here for more than data on the example of a "Stay of Adjudication," and click here for Minnesota's police force.

Voting rights for convicted felons vary from state to country. In the bulk of states, convicted felons cannot vote while they are incarcerated merely may regain the right to vote upon release from prison house or at some bespeak thereafter.[6] [7] [8]

Election agencies

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See as well: Land election agencies

Individuals seeking additional information nearly voting provisions in Minnesota can contact the following country and federal agencies.

Minnesota Secretary of State

180 State Office Edifice
100 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
St. Paul, Minnesota 55155-1299
Phone: 651-215-1440
E-mail: elections.dept@state.mn.us
http://world wide web.sos.state.mn.us/

U.S. Election Aid Committee

1335 East West Highway, Suite 4300
Silver Spring, Maryland 20910
Telephone: 866-747-1471

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See too

  • Ballot administration in Minnesota

Elections in Minnesota

  • Minnesota elections, 2022
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External links

  • Official state election website

Footnotes

  1. 1.0 ane.1 Minnesota Secretary of Land, "Register to Vote," accessed October 4, 2019
  2. Minnesota Secretary of State, "Voting Hours," accessed Oct 17, 2019
  3. Minnesota Secretary of State, "Do I Need to Bring ID?" accessed Oct 3, 2019
  4. Star Tribune, "No excuse needed to vote absentee in Minnesota," June 22, 2014
  5. Minnesota Secretary of State, "Minnesota Absentee Ballot Application," accessed January 25, 2016
  6. Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon, "I have a Criminal Tape," accessed October 19, 2019
  7. National Conference of State Legislatures, "Felon Voting Rights," accessed July 15, 2014
  8. American Civil Liberties Union, "State Criminal Re-enfranchisement Laws," accessed September thirteen, 2019