Posted on 11/03/2020 10:55:42 AM PST by Red Badger
By Monday night the state's early voting tally was 62% of 2016's total turnout.
ST PAUL, Minnesota — The people who run Minnesota's elections would love to lead the nation again in voter turnout percentage, even in the middle of a pandemic. And, they're off to a good start.
As of Monday night, 1,839,710 votes had been cast by Minnesotans. That includes people who chose to vote absentee in person or by mail, and those who live in areas of the state where elections are conducted only via mail.
That number is roughly 62% of all votes in the last presidential election. In 2016, a record 2,968,281 Minnesotans voted, which was 78% of eligible voters. And in opinion polls conducted in late September 61% of voters said they still planned to vote in person on Election Day.
Nearly 300,000 absentee ballots requested by voters haven't been mailed back of delivered by hand as of Monday night. Due to a court ruling calling into question the validity of ballots received after Tuesday night, voters have been asked to refrain from putting them in the mail at this point.
The options that remain as of Election Eve is to deliver the absentee ballot by hand to your city or county elections office -- the address on the outer ballot envelope -- or to deliver them by hand to a staffed drop-off location.
Secretary of State Steve Simon said those who've already mailed their ballot but haven't been able to confirm the ballot was received and accepted may override that ballot by voting in person.
Problem is that Dems already have cast a majority of their votes with early ballots. They may not have enough left in the bank to overcome strong Republican turn out.
Dear God, let it be!!
I’m sure they are running the printing presses ragged right now. They’ll have a few “trunk fulls” to drop if things are close.
Let’s hope it’s a landslide for Trump. If it isn’t close, they can’t cheat the win.
Delightful for this ex-SoCalif to hear that. ~~Great!!!
ZOT.
I grew up in Roseville about 2 miles from the mall.
Now do Florida. Troll.
Drudge is trying to counter the bad news for Biden this morning.
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I know there is a lot of stuff going on here today but can you tell me what bad news is for Biden??? People JUST started voting a few hours ago??
Thanks. I’ve been away since this morning.
I saw people with a Trump 2020 banner on the pedestrian overpass in Chanhassen last night.
And I’m seeing trucks running around the Western ‘burbs with big Trump 2020 banners today.
Out of his rectum
Yes - the more words they spew, the more Republican votes they create.
Unless it is taken out of context bidens campaign handler stating they can still win without pa and fl
I’m about mile north of the Mall right now... I live out in Wright County though.
Trump is probably down slightly in Minnesota so we need every registered Republican to get out and vote to pull off the upset.
Take your pearl clutching and go elsewhere.
Are you too young to remember the 1994 election?
“Heavy turnout never favors republicans.”
Really? Florida, and other states, might prove you wrong.
TO was low in 2018, for Republicans, and we got trounced in the midterms.
Those rural counties will be at 90% or more. They will be blood red for Trump. The Iron range counties will be red as well. He only lost the state by 45,000 votes, 1.5% in 2016. Looking for Minnesota to go for Trump.
Drudge is to be ignored. They called the election for Kerry in ‘04, too.
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