Primary election day in Minnesota

Amid the pandemic, a large number of Minnesotans have already cast their ballots through mail-in voting. To date, more than half a million Minnesotans have requested absentee ballots for the Aug. 11 primary election and about 423,000 ballots had been sent in and accepted.

This is an MPR News morning update for Tuesday, August 11, 2020. Hosted by Cathy Wurzer.

Our theme music is by Gary Meister.

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