What to do if you haven't sent back your Minnesota absentee ballot

November 3, 2020 at 4:12PM
Todd Gallagher prepared mail-in ballot envelopes including an "I voted" sticker in Minneapolis in July.
Todd Gallagher prepared mail-in ballot envelopes including an "I voted" sticker in Minneapolis in July. (Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

A panel of Eighth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals judges ruled that all mail-in ballots received after 8 p.m. on Election Day be set aside.

Here's how to make your vote count.

If you requested an absentee ballot that has not been sent or accepted, you have a number of options ahead of Tuesday's election:

• Drop off the ballot at your county election office or other designated drop-off site by 3 p.m. today, Nov. 3. (You cannot return absentee ballots to your regular polling place on Election Day.)

• Vote in person on Election Day. Similar to the early vote option, officials will check to make sure your mail-in ballot was not submitted and accepted, invalidate it and give you a fresh ballot to cast.

• Also, you can still register to vote on Election Day in Minnesota. Find your polling place here. Here are guidelines for same-day registration.

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