Rachel E. Stassen-Berger and Glenn Howatt
Older voters have cast the the majority of absentee ballots but younger voters are starting to catch up.
According to the Star Tribune's analysis, voters older than 65 years old account for 62 percent of all absentee ballots already accepted
But younger voters, particularly those in the 35 to 64 year old age group, are starting to submit more ballots.
So far, Minnesotans have asked for more than 150,000 absentee ballot applications and almost 70,000 have returned them and had them accepted by election officials. Those numbers are more than double the similar 2010 figures, before Minnesota adopted this year's "no excuses" absentee ballot law.
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