Minnesota Report
With twenty-five days until the November 5th 2024, General Election, Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon’s (DFL) office released the figures accumulated to date for early voting.
There were 609,239 applications submitted and 220,006 ballots accepted as of October 10th 2024 or 37.09%.
| 2016 Sent | 2016 Accepted | 2020 Sent | 2020 Accepted | 2024 Sent | 2024 Accepted | |
| Week 1 | 150,488 | 14,225 | 1,246,810 | 75,511 | 431,502 | 32,788 |
| Week 2 | 209,197 | 46,467 | 1,410,010 | 336,017 | 526,285 | 107,421 |
| Week 3 | 270,984 | 88,593 | 1,539,250 | 635,003 | 616,333 | 220,006 |
The historic results of vote by mail and absentee voting, last updated 10/03/2024, are available here. https://www.sos.state.mn.us/elections-voting/other-ways-to-vote/cities-and-towns-that-vote-by-mail/
Remember Minnesota passed no-excuse absentee voting in 2014. Currently, there are 28 states with no-excuse absentee voting. Here is the list from the National Conference of State Legislators.