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Olmsted County
Chair Aaron Eberhart
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Early voting*
You can vote from Friday, September 18 right through Monday, November 2 — no excuse or reason needed. Walk in, get a ballot, vote it there. On Tuesday, November 3 you vote at your own precinct instead, not at these offices.
Closed right now
Voting reopens at 8 AM tomorrow.
Olmsted County Elections Office
2122 Campus DR SE, Suite 300
Rochester, MN 55904
Regular hours
- Monday–Friday, 8 AM – 5 PM
- Closed Saturday and Sunday — except the extra dates below
Extra dates, every location
- Sat, October 24 — 9 AM – 3 PM
- Tue, October 27 — open late, until 7 PM
- Sat, October 31 — 9 AM – 3 PM
- Sun, November 1 — 9 AM – 3 PM
- Mon, November 2 — open late, until 5 PM
Finding it: Suite 300.
NOT the Government Center. 151 4th St SE takes ballot drop-off only — voting is here, on Campus Drive SE.
Closed right now
Voting reopens at 8 AM on Tuesday, October 27.
Rochester City Hall
201 4th St SE
Rochester, MN 55904
Regular hours
- Tue, October 27 – Fri, October 30, 8 AM – 5 PM
- Sat, October 31, 9 AM – 3 PM
- Mon, November 2, 8 AM – 5 PM
- This site opens on these dates only — not every weekday.
Entrance and parking details for this office are not published by the state. Call the county auditor if you need them.
Closed right now
Voting reopens at 8 AM on Monday, October 19.
University of Minnesota Rochester
111 Broadway Ave S, USQ 322
Rochester, MN 55904
Regular hours
- Mon, October 19, 8 AM – 5 PM
- This site opens on these dates only — not every weekday.
Entrance and parking details for this office are not published by the state. Call the county auditor if you need them.
Who runs the election here
Luke Turner
Olmsted County election official
Phone: 507-328-7650
Email: elections@olmstedcounty.gov
County elections page: olmstedcounty.gov
Office: Olmsted County Elections, 2122 Campus Dr SE, Suite 300, Rochester, MN 55904
From the Secretary of State's county election-office directory, read 2026-09-20. The county is the authority on its own election — if what you find here and what they say differ, they are right.
* “Early voting” here means at-will in-person absentee voting. Anyone registered may do it from September 18 — no excuse, no reason required. (The narrower process Minnesota statute calls Early Voting starts October 16; 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, November 3.
Hours and addresses from the Minnesota Secretary of State, verified 13 September 2026. The state may add locations up to 17 September. For anything specific to a building, the county auditor is the authority — mnvotes.gov.