Absentee Ballot Requests Increase

The coronavirus pandemic is causing an increase in absentee ballot requests across Minnesota and right here in Olmsted County.

Coronavirus pandemic is causing an increase in absentee ballot requests across minnesota and right here in olmsted county.

Voter reg-vo-1 lowerthird2line coronavirus:absentee ballot requests increase rochester, mn the counties elections manager katie smith tells k-i- m-t news three there's been more than 22-thousand requests for absentee ballots for august's primary election.

Smith says for reference - the presidential nomination primary this march there were only 500-ballots initally sent out for absentee coronavirus:katie smith olmsted county elections i think a lot of it is because of covid-19, people are just more interested in how to participate in different ways.

Then since minnesota passed the no excuse absentee voting in 2014 we've just seen an increase in people participating absentee.

Olmsted county has also received around 25- thousand absentee ballots for november's election.

You can request an absentee up until the day before the election..

It's also good to note online voter registration ends at midnight tonight.

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