Around 30,000 Minnesota election judges are checking in voters and handing out ballots Tuesday at polling places across the state. Many are regulars who’ve served their communities for years, even decades. But you’d be hard-pressed to find anyone who’s been at it longer than Helen Burgstaler.
The Minnesota Senate will stay in DFL control, but the outcome for the state House was still undecided Wednesday morning — with the potential for a 67-67 tie.
At least one study shows the 2024 election has spiked unusually high levels of anxiety in many people. Here’s how two family and marriage therapists suggest we can lower the temperature in our minds and in our relationships, regardless of the election’s outcome.
They don’t get as much attention as the presidential election, but state government races play a crucial role in the laws that govern our lives. This year, several state capitols are up for grabs.
For many election workers, Election Day is the culmination of months of preparation to ensure a smooth and fair election for millions of Minnesotans. That includes election technician Danny Daly, who designs ballots and programs voting machines for Anoka County.
Teachers in some schools around Minnesota held mock elections Monday as a way to teach students how the voting process works and have a little fun. At one Minneapolis elementary school, it made for some interesting conversation.
Despite its substantial-sounding name, the Electoral College isn’t a permanent body: It’s more of a process. For decades, a majority of Americans have wanted it to be changed.
Thousands of last-minute challenges to voters’ mail ballot applications, along with baseless claims by former President Donald Trump, are adding pressure on Pennsylvania county officials.
Hennepin County says it has come into compliance with a court order over how its absentee ballot board was selected, and that the ruling has not delayed the processing of mail-in ballots.
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