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Minnesota May Have Highest Voter Turnout In The Country

Steve Simon says, so far, more than 3.2 million Minnesotans voted in the election.

(CBS News)

By Kate Raddatz

November 4, 2020

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MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The Minnesota Secretary of State says Minnesota could have the highest voter turnout in the country.

Steve Simon says, so far, more than 3.2 million Minnesotans voted in the election. That’s out of roughly 4.1 million eligible voters. There were close to a quarter of a million absentee ballots still outstanding.

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“For a variety of reasons that number will never be zero and the actual number is probably considerably less,” he said.

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