Absentee and early voting

Apply, receive, and return a ballot by mail.

Application is required in Minnesota.

Application process

Apply online

• If you can’t apply online, print and complete a special election absentee ballot application (PDF, 1MB).
• Email it to hc.vote@hennepin.us or return it by mail or FAX at 612-348-2151.  

When ballots are mailed

We start mailing County Commissioner District 6 ballots on

• Special primary ballots on Friday, April 12, 2024
• Special election ballots on Monday, May 6, 2024

Track your ballot

Confirm your ballot was received and counted on the state’s ballot tracker. 

Return deadline

Ballots must be received by 8 p.m. on

• Tuesday, April 30, 2024 for the special primary
• Tuesday, May 14, 2024 for the special election

Return by mail

Mail your ballot back in the pre-paid, pre-addressed envelope you received.

Use express delivery if you don't think your ballot will be received in time with regular mail service.

Return in person or drop-off

You can drop off your ballot and the ballots for up to 3 voters.

Return voted ballots in person to either Hennepin County Elections, or your local elections office.

Accessible or electronic ballots

If needed, we can provide an accessible or electonic ballot.

Vote at the Hennepin County Government Center (skyway level) or your local election office.

You can register when you vote if you show proof of residence.

On Election Day, you must vote at your polling place.

County Commissioner District 6 in person absentee voting dates

Dates and times vary by location.

Hennepin County Government Center (skyway level)

County Commissioner District 6 special primary

April 12 - April 26: 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. (Monday – Friday)
April 27: 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
April 29: 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
April 30 – Election Day: Open for ballot drop-off and agent delivery until 8 p.m. Absentee voting early in person is not available.

County Commissioner District 6 special election

May 6 - May 10: 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. (Monday – Friday)
May 11: 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
May 13: 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
May 14 – Election Day: Open for ballot drop-off and agent delivery until 8 p.m. Absentee voting early in person is not available.

Local election offices

Locations and hours are available on the Secretary of State website or contact your local election office.

Get help voting

You can bring someone to help, ask election staff, use a machine to help you mark your ballot or vote from your car.

Get help voting

Voter assistance State of Minnesota (PDF)

Ballots can be issued by mail, fax or email.

Your voted ballot must be returned by mail no matter how you received it.

A spouse, parent, sibling or child over 18, can apply for you.

If you are abroad indefinitely with no plans to return to Minnesota, you will only vote for federal offices.

Eligibility

• Military members serving outside their home precinct.
• Citizens living abroad temporarily or indefinitely.
• Spouses and dependents of military members.

Military members include: Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Merchant Marine, Commissioned corps of the Public Health Service, Commissioned corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and Minnesotans enrolled as students at a U.S. Service Academy.

Help

Military members should contact their voting assistance officer (VAO).

Overseas citizens should contact the U.S. embassy or consulate.

Application process 

• Re-apply annually and after a change of mailing address.
• Your ballot application is also a voter registration application.
• You'll automatically receive a ballot for any election you're eligible to vote in through December 31 of the year you apply, or through the next election held in November of an even-number year, whichever is later.

Apply online

If you can't apply online, print, complete and return the federal postcard application (PDF, 1MB) by email to ts.vote.uocava@hennepin.us.

If you can’t email it, then mail, FAX or drop it off in person to Hennepin County Elections. 

When ballots are issued

We start issuing County Commissioner District 6 ballots on

• Special primary ballots on Friday, April 12, 2024
• Special election ballots on Monday, May 6, 2024

If you aren't in the continental U.S. and requested a mailed ballot, it will be sent by airmail.

To get your mailed ballot faster, provide a prepaid express delivery envelope.

Track your ballot

Confirm your ballot was received and counted using the state’s ballot tracker.

For federal elections, if you haven't received your ballot or you don't think it will reach us by election day, you may submit a federal write-in absentee ballot (PDF, 1MB). 

Return

Your voted ballot must be returned by mail no matter how you received it.

Ballots must be received by 8 p.m. on

• Tuesday, April 30, 2024 for the special primary
• Tuesday, May 14, 2024 for the special election

Use an express delivery service if you don't think your ballot will be received in time with regular mail service.

In special situations, you may ask someone to pick up a ballot for you. Someone may also return your voted ballot for you.

Eligibility

You can vote by agent if you are a:

• Patient in a hospital, residential treatment center, or nursing home
• Resident of
  • A group home
  • A battered women's shelter
  • An assisted living facility
• Voter with disability or other incapacitating health issue

Process

You can assign an agent starting on

• April 23, 2024 for the County Commissioner District 6 special primary
• May 7, 2024 for the County Commissioner District 6 special election

1. Choose someone who:

• You have a pre-existing relationship with
• Is at least 18 years old
• Isn’t a candidate in the election
• Hasn’t already been an agent of more than 3 other voters

2. Complete both the:

• Request for agent delivery of absentee ballot form (PDF, 1MB), and
• Special election absentee ballot application (PDF, 1MB)

3. Have your agent bring the completed forms to your local elections office.

4. Your agent will be given your ballot to bring to you.

5. Vote your ballot.

6. Have your agent return your voted ballot to the office they picked it up at.

• Your agent must show an ID with name and signature.
• Voted ballots must be returned by 8 p.m. on April 30, 2024 or May 14, 2024.

Accessible or electronic ballots

If needed, we can provide an accessible or electonic ballot.