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Voter ID laws

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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 on voting provisions, online voter registration systems, and more, dictate the conditions under which American citizens cast their ballots in their respective states.

This article includes the post-obit 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/post-in voting deadlines and rules.
  • Details about convicted felons' voting rights.
  • Contact information election agencies.
  • Summaries of noteworthy policy-related events.

Run into Ballot administration in Minnesota for more boosted information about ballot administration in the state, including voter list maintenance policies, conditional election rules, and postal service-ballot auditing practices.

Voter registration

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

Eligibility and registration details

To vote in Minnesota, an individual must be xviii years quondam on Election Day. The individual must be a U.s.a. citizen who has resided in Minnesota for the 20-day period preceding the election.[1]

An private must register to vote at least 21 days before Election Day or on Election Day at a polling place. An individual may register to vote by completing a registration application and submitting information technology by mail service or in-person to a local ballot official. An individual can besides annals online. To register at a polling identify on Ballot Day, an individual must nowadays valid identification.[1]

In-person voting

The tabular array below displays in-person voting information specific to Minnesota'southward 2022 primary election.

Poll times

See besides: State poll opening and endmost times

In Minnesota, almost polling places are open from seven:00 a.g. to viii:00 p.1000. Central Time. However, some smaller municipalities may open their polls as late as 10:00 a.m. An individual who is in line at the time polls shut must be immune to vote.[2]

Voter identification

Run into also: Voter identification laws by state

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

If you lot are registering to vote at the polls or have non voted in at least iv years, you volition need to bring proof of residency to the polls. Click hither to see what qualifies equally acceptable proof of residency.

Early voting

See also: Early voting

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

Absentee/postal service-in voting

Run into also: Absentee/mail-in voting

The table below displays absentee voting information specific to Minnesota'due south 2022 principal election.

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

There is no specific borderline for applying for an absentee ballot. A completed ballot must be returned on or earlier Election Day for it to be counted.[five]

Convicted felons' voting rights

Encounter also: Voting rights for bedevilled felons

In Minnesota, individuals convicted of a felony are not eligible to vote until they have completed their judgement–including prison house time, jail fourth dimension, and parole or probation–unless they are granted a "Stay of Adjudication," allowing individuals to avoid a conviction with successful completion of probation. Click here for more than information on the case of a "Stay of Arbitrament," and click here for Minnesota's constabulary.

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

Ballot agencies

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See besides: State election agencies

Individuals seeking additional data about voting provisions in Minnesota can contact the following state and federal agencies.

Minnesota Secretary of State

180 State Part Building
100 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
St. Paul, Minnesota 55155-1299
Telephone: 651-215-1440
Email: elections.dept@state.mn.us
http://www.sos.state.mn.the states/

U.Southward. Election Assistance Commission

1335 East West Highway, Suite 4300
Silverish Spring, Maryland 20910
Phone: 866-747-1471

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See also

  • Election administration in Minnesota

Elections in Minnesota

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External links

  • Official state ballot website

Footnotes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Minnesota Secretary of State, "Register to Vote," accessed October iv, 2019
  2. Minnesota Secretary of Country, "Voting Hours," accessed Oct 17, 2019
  3. Minnesota Secretarial assistant of State, "Do I Need to Bring ID?" accessed October 3, 2019
  4. Star Tribune, "No excuse needed to vote absentee in Minnesota," June 22, 2014
  5. Minnesota Secretarial assistant of Country, "Minnesota Absentee Ballot Application," accessed Jan 25, 2016
  6. Role of the Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon, "I take a Criminal Record," accessed Oct 19, 2019
  7. National Conference of Land Legislatures, "Felon Voting Rights," accessed July 15, 2014
  8. American Civil Liberties Marriage, "Land Criminal Re-enfranchisement Laws," accessed September 13, 2019