Minnesota Primary Election 2018: Voters On Pace To Set Record

MINNESOTA — Since 2014, Minnesota voters have had the option of vote from home, or “no-excuse absentee” voting. All county election offices throughout the state also offer in-person absentee voting, commonly referred to as “early voting.”

Minnesota voters have increasingly used vote from home and early in-person voting to cast their ballots. The 2018 statewide primary election is on-track to see continued growth in the popularity of this voting option.

Early absentee voting is up more than 150 percent from the same time in 2016, according to election officials.

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“Vote from home absentee voting has been growing in popularity since 2013 when it was passed into law in Minnesota,” said Secretary of State Steve Simon.

“More than halfway through the early absentee voting phase of the 2018 statewide primary election, I am thrilled at the growth we are seeing in voter participation in all corners of Minnesota. Minnesota voters in 2018 are well on their way to maintaining our best-in-the-nation status for voter participation.”

Primary election day is Aug. 14.

Learn more: Minnesota Primary Election 2018: Candidates, Ballot, More

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