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Nearly 22,000 voters have cast absentee
ballots ahead of Tuesday's primary, a level of absentee turnout
that already tops the last two gubernatorial elections.


      Secretary of State Mark Ritchie said elections officials had
accepted 21,703 absentee ballots as of Friday morning. Absentee
voting continues on Saturday and Monday.

      Ritchie says the turnout is encouraging and shows that voters
are planning for the earlier primary this year. It's a month early
under a new law designed to give military and overseas voters more
time to vote.

      Democratic voters are picking a gubernatorial nominee in a
high-profile race between former U.S. Sen. Mark Dayton, former
legislator Matt Entenza and House Speaker Margaret
Anderson Kelliher.

Candidates counting on get-out-the-vote efforts for primary

Ahead of primary, concerns over expected voter turnout

Nearly 22,000 voters have cast absentee
ballots ahead of Tuesday's primary, a level of absentee turnout
that already tops the last two gubernatorial elections.


Absentee voting for Minn. primary tops '06, '02

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