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Primary elections determine which candidates will appear on the general election ballot. General elections determine who wins an elected office.

Registering to vote is quick and easy! There are four ways to register: use a paper form, , automatic registration, and online registration. 

Who can vote in the primary and general elections?

• I will have immediately preceding Election Day
• Your Minnesota driver’s license or Minnesota identification card number, or the last four numbers of your Social Security number
• An email address

To be eligible to vote in Minnesota you will need to re-register if your name or address changes.

Find out more and .

There are several ways you can vote in the primary and the general election:

• In-person on election day at your designated polling place. .
• at your county election office.
• Vote by mail using an absentee ballot. .

For students from a state other than Minnesota who wish to register and vote in that state, check the elections forms, requirements, and absentee voting procedures at that state’s Secretary of State’s website, or.

Find more helpful information at Office of the and at .

To vote, all of these must be true:

• I will be at least 18 years old on Election Day
• I am a citizen of the United States
• I will have resided in Minnesota for 20 days immediately preceding Election Day
• I am not under court-ordered guardianship in which the court order revokes my right to vote
• I have not been found by a court to be legally incompetent to vote 
• If I have been convicted of a felony, my felony sentence has expired (been completed) or I have been discharged from my sentence

Minnesota voters can preview their sample ballot before Election Day to see the candidates and questions that will appear on their ballot.

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Learn all about how Â鶹ֱ²¥ votes using RCV – ranked choice voting from.

• Our goal was 100% voter participation
• Our 2024 Voter Engagement Plan: ARCHIVED and can be found here.