Minnesotans have cast about 920,000 early ballots. A deadline change could delay results.

Minnesotans have submitted about 240,000 more early ballots this year than in 2016, with five days of early voting still remaining.

About 920,000 absentee ballots had been accepted as of early Thursday afternoon, according to the Minnesota Secretary of State’s Office. That’s out of nearly 3.7 million registered voters in Minnesota.

“More Minnesotans voted in the past week than during the first four weeks of voting for this election,” Secretary of State Steve Simon said in a statement Thursday. “It’s clear that our state’s long-held commitment to voting and civic engagement remains.”

The latest absentee vote count far exceeds the roughly 677,000 early ballots submitted in 2016 but is well below 2020 numbers. Minnesotans cast 1.9 million absentee ballots amid the pandemic four years ago.



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