See How Absentee Ballots Are Being Counted In Minnesota

From CBS Minnesota:

By Christiane Cordero

October 21, 2020

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — It’s less than two weeks until Election Day, but many Minnesotans have already voted absentee and mail-in. Sixty percent of all requested absentee ballots in Ramsey County have already been returned.

The state is starting to count those ballots. WCCO’s Christiane Cordero visited the Metro Square office in downtown St. Paul, where there are observation spots for every major political party, media outlet or citizen to come and check out the process.

There are three parts to an absentee ballot: the exterior signature envelope, the yellow secrecy envelope, and then the ballot itself. Workers are pulling back each layer to get to that ballot, counting each of those three parts every step of the way to make sure the numbers match.

Read more at CBS Minnesota