Minnesotans can still vote early through Mond

Election Day is nearly here and Minnesotans are casting their ballots early in record numbers.

Nearly 729,000 people have voted already in person, by mail or through an absentee ballot as of Friday morning, according to data from the Minnesota Secretary of State’s Office. That's considerably more than any other nonpresidential-year election in Minnesota. At this point in 2022, only 282,277 ballots had been cast.

The number for early voters by mail-in and in-person ballots could top 1 million voters by Election Day.

Minneapolis set an early voting record this year for a nonpresidential election, city officials said. The previous record was set in 2018. The city saw an 80 percent increase in early voting compared to 2022.

Outside of the Twin Cities metro area, access to ...