Get out the vote efforts ramp up before Election Day

With less than a week to go before Election Day, volunteers and organizers from both political parties have been knocking on doors, writing letters and making phone calls in a final attempt to convince their fellow Minnesotans to vote.

The state DFL Party says volunteers have already knocked on more than 2 million doors, and Democrats and Republicans are both launching get out the vote bus tours this week.

Canvassing efforts are taking many shapes leading up to Election Day. Hundreds of people attended a campaign concert for DFL Attorney General Keith Ellison, who’s running for reelection against Republican Ron Schutz, at First Avenue on Sunday. Rep. Ilhan Omar, Sen. Tina Smith and DFL Senate candidate Peggy Flanagan also urged voters to support Democrats.

“This is the first time since Donald Trump assaulted the state of Minnesota that we will be able to go to the polls and tell him exactly what we think about him,” Ellison told the audience....