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Contact: Carolyn Marinan, Communications, 612-348-5969
Hennepin County Elections,
612-348-5151
Hennepin County
Elections Manager Ginny Gelms is available for election interviews. Contact
Carolyn Marinan at 612-348-5969 to coordinate.
Election
Day polls remain open at 418 precincts across Hennepin County until 8 p.m.
Election Day voter turnout statistics will be available after polls close and results
get reported for each precinct.
As
of Tuesday, November 8, at 4 p.m. in Hennepin County:
- Absentee
ballots issued (mail and in-person) – 219,000
- Absentee
ballots received and accepted (mail and in-person) – 202,000
This
is not the final count of absentee ballots.
Hennepin
County has more than doubled its previous record of accepted absentee ballots,
which was 82,000 during the 2008 election.
Election results get
reported after polls close and both Election Day and absentee ballots are
counted for a specific precinct.
County
elections staff work with city elections staff to ensure that every ballot, no
matter how it was cast, is counted and verified before reporting election
results. To ensure integrity of the ballot counting process, elections workers do
not leave their counting location until all votes are counted and reported.
All results are posted on
the Secretary of State’s
election results website and at the Hennepin County
elections results website.
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