Some jurisdictions in Minnesota hold elections by mail instead of voting at polling places. All non-metropolitan townships and cities with less than 400 registered voters located outside of the Minneapolis/St. Paul seven-county metropolitan area can choose to hold elections by mail. If you are an active registered voter in a mail ballot precinct, you will be sent a mail ballot to your residence without having to complete an absentee ballot application.

Other options for mail ballot precinct voters on Election Day:

Mail ballot voters on Election Day from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. can:

• Return their voted mail ballot in-person to their county elections office
• Have someone else return their voted mail ballot to their county elections office (limit of three others’ ballots can be returned).
• Take their unvoted ballot packet to their county election office, vote it, and turn it in.
• Go to their county election office and inform them that your mail ballot was spoiled, lost, thrown away, etc. and:
  • Have a replacement ballot issued
  • Vote the replacement ballot
  • Turn it in
• Vote an absentee ballot because they are currently not an “active” registered voter on Election Day

For more information on mail ballot precincts click here.