People, Items Banned Inside Minnesota Polling Places: LIST

TWIN CITIES, MN — A record number of Minnesotans are voting early — in person or by mail — due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. However, many voters will still choose to vote on Election Day, which is Nov. 3.

As Election Day approaches, voters should familiarize themselves with the state's regulations at the polls.

No one except an election official, someone waiting to vote, or someone conducting exit polling is allowed to stand within 100 feet of the building in which a polling place is located.

People authorized to assist someone else in the voting process are allowed in the polls. Voters can bring their minor children to the polls.

What and who is banned inside Minnesota polling locations:

• Political campaigners
• "Poll watchers" — This practice is banned in Minnesota
• Police officers, unless they are responding to restore peace
• Intoxicating liquor or 3.2 percent malt liquor
• An intoxicated person
• Anyone not there to vote or register to vote, unless they are an election judge or a representative of the Minnesota Secretary of State Office
• People cannot not loiter in or around polling locations
• People who are able but refuse to wear a mask or face shield

News media may enter polling locations, but they cannot:

• Approach within six feet of a voter
• Converse with a voter while in the polling place
• Make a list of persons voting or not voting
• Interfere with the voting process

Read more about Minnesota's voting rules here.