Vote · CD1
You can vote right now, in person, at your county election office.
From Friday, 18 September through Monday, 2 November — no excuse and no reason needed. Walk in, get a ballot, vote it there. On Tuesday, 3 November you vote at your own precinct instead, not at these offices.
Your county
Addresses, the hours for the next fortnight, whether the door is open at this moment, and directions.
Check it yourself
The state's own tools. Nothing here goes through us, and none of it asks you for anything we would see.
- Am I registered?Look yourself up by name and date of birth. Worth doing even if you are sure — a move, a marriage or four years away from the polls can drop you.mnvotes.sos.mn.gov
- Register, or update your addressOnline with a Minnesota driver's licence, state ID or the last four of your Social Security number. You can also register in person when you vote.mnvotes.sos.mn.gov
- What is on my ballot, and where do I vote on 3 November?Address in, precinct out: your polling place, your districts and a sample ballot.pollfinder.sos.mn.gov
- Track my absentee ballotAccepted, rejected, or not yet received. If it was rejected there is still time to fix it — the county will contact you, but check anyway.mnvotes.sos.mn.gov
- My county election officeThe auditor's office is the authority on anything specific to a building, a ballot or a rejected signature. The state's own directory of all 87.sos.mn.gov
If something is wrong
Almost everything a voter runs into is a county matter and is fixed in one phone call. The federal routes below are for a crime, not for a long queue or a confusing ballot.
- Your county auditor — start hereA wrong address, a rejected ballot, a question about a polling place: the county runs the election and can usually fix it the same day.sos.mn.gov
- Minnesota Secretary of StateThe state office above the counties, for anything the county cannot resolve.sos.mn.gov
- U.S. Attorney's Office, District of MinnesotaEach U.S. Attorney names a District Election Officer to take complaints of federal election crime — vote buying, intimidation, or a false statement on a registration.justice.gov
- U.S. Department of Justice — civil rights complaintThe Civil Rights Division's own portal, for intimidation or the denial of a right to vote.civilrights.justice.gov
- FBI tipsFor a crime in progress, call 911 first. This is the FBI's written channel.tips.fbi.gov
The law itself
“Where does it say that?” is a fair question, and the answer is public. This is the state's own text from the Office of the Revisor, not anybody's summary of it.
- Chapter 201 — Voter registrationWho may register, election-day registration and the vouching rules, challenges, and how the rolls are maintained.revisor.mn.gov
- Chapter 203B — Absentee and early votingThe chapter behind the doors opening on 18 September: at-will absentee voting, the ballot board, and the narrower process the statute itself calls Early Voting.revisor.mn.gov
- Chapter 204C — Conduct of electionsElection judges, challengers, what happens in the polling place, and how ballots are counted and canvassed.revisor.mn.gov
- Chapter 211B — Fair campaign practicesWhat a campaign, a committee or a volunteer may and may not do — including the disclaimer rules on literature like this site's own footer.revisor.mn.gov
Independent watchdogs
Organisations that work on election law and administration from outside government. None of them is an election authority, none of them speaks for this party, and listing one is not agreement with everything it argues — they are here because they publish work a voter can read and check.
- Minnesota Voters AllianceMinnesota's own. Litigates state election law and publishes what it finds in the data — the plaintiff in Minnesota Voters Alliance v. Mansky and, in August 2026, v. Ellison.mnvoters.org
- Judicial WatchPublic-records litigation, including suits over voter-roll maintenance under the National Voter Registration Act.judicialwatch.org
- Public Interest Legal FoundationElection-law litigation and list-maintenance research, state by state.publicinterestlegal.org
- Honest Elections ProjectResearch and advocacy on election rules and administration.honestelections.org
“Early voting” here means at-will in-person absentee voting. Anyone registered may do it from 18 September — no excuse, no reason required. The narrower process Minnesota statute calls Early Voting starts 16 October; from a voter's side of the counter the two look much the same. It is entirely optional — you give up nothing by waiting and voting at your precinct on Tuesday, 3 November.
These are county election offices, not polling places. Hours and addresses come from the Minnesota Secretary of State; off-site links checked 20 September 2026. For anything specific to a building or a ballot, your county auditor is the authority.