MN Voter Information

• Your vote matter program for educators
• Election words and phrases
• How elections work in Minnesota
• How to become a candidate in elections
• How the president is elected
• Find out who represents you

• You can preregister from your 16th birthday until you are 18.  It will automatically register you on your 18th birthday.
• Work as an Election Judge Trainee Junior and senior high school students can work as election judge trainees. The student must meet the following requirements:
  • Ages 16 or 17.
  • U.S. citizen in good academic standing at a Minnesota high school (or home schooled).
  • Obtain school and parental permission.
  • Serve in the county where they reside.
  • Trainees are paid at least two-thirds of the minimum wage.

*Like other judges, they do not have to serve the entire day; they cannot work past 10 p.m. Trainees are assigned the same duties as other judges, with the exception of tasks requiring party affiliation. Trainees do not designate party affiliation. Trainees must attend and complete the same training as other judges.

• Absentee voting by mail 
  • Vote early by mail
  • Vote early in person
  • Vote from military or abroad
  • Track your absentee ballot
• How to vote early (when, where and how)
• Time off for voting
  • Students in school can be excused to go vote

• Who can vote
• In MN, you have the right to vote if you are in line before 8 p.m.
• In MN, you have the right to bring your children with you to vote 
• In MN, you have the right to take time off work to vote without losing your pay, personal leave, or vacation time (on election day & during the early voting period)
• Can I vote if I have a criminal record? A criminal record does not affect your right to vote in Minnesota unless you are currently incarcerated for a felony conviction
• Find out who represents you

• Check to see if you are registered already
• Register to vote
  • Online by October 15
  • By mail/on paper by October 15 
  • In person on election day
  • In person on election day fact sheet with list of documents needed: https://www.sos.mn.gov/media/5622/election-day-registration.pdf
• Update registration information (such as a new address, name change)
• Register and vote on the same day
• What documents are needed to register to vote?  (also see fact sheet above)
  • If you don’t have those documents – Can bring a registered voter to vouch for you to register same day (that you are who you say you are and that you live in the precinct)
• MN Safe at Home registration for those who don’t want their address shared publicly (voter registration is public information unless you are in this program)

• Make a plan to vote (when, how, what you need to bring)
• Learn about the candidates
• Find your polling place
• Voting instructions will now be available in all polling places on Election Day in the three most commonly spoken non-English languages in the state:
  • Spanish
  • Hmong 
  • Somali
• How to fill out a ballot/sample ballot
• Find out who is on your ballot
• Find out who represents you using a map

• How to be a poll worker/election judge 
  • Youth 16+ can be poll workers too!
• All poll workers are paid 
• Excused absence at work (employers are required to allow you to take paid time off to vote; they are also required to allow you to take paid time off to be a poll worker BUT they could deduct what you made as a poll worker from your salary/wages that day)