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Data about absentee voting in Minnesota is listed below. This incorporates all voting before election day, including voter requests for an absentee ballot by mail, ballots sent to voters on the permanent absentee list, ballots sent to UOCAVA voters, ballots sent to voters in precincts that vote by mail, absentee in person voting (by envelope), and early voting.

State Primary Absentee Counts

The table below lists counts of absentee applications and accepted ballots (by mail and in person) for the State Primary. The data is current as of the date shown.

Statewide Counts

Applications (7/9/26): 300,262
Accepted ballots - by mail (7/9/26): 9,022
Accepted ballots - in person (7/9/26): 4,757

Absentee Counts by County as of July 9, 2026
County	Applications	Accepted ballots	Accepted In Person
Aitkin	5,547	185	7
Anoka	8,063	656	322
Becker	2,807	23	12
Beltrami	3,401	5	25
Benton	943	0	11
Big Stone	1,824	10	3
Blue Earth	8,188	154	65
Brown	3,205	111	13
Carlton	3,444	86	23
Carver	2,636	210	131
Cass	6,815	54	4
Chippewa	2,063	6	2
Chisago	1,055	0	0
Clay	4,669	286	76
Clearwater	604	0	0
Cook	3,067	0	0
Cottonwood	209	8	6
Crow Wing	5,011	74	71
Dakota	14,194	1,308	531
Dodge	199	0	0
Douglas	723	34	37
Faribault	946	0	0
Fillmore	2,537	0	0
Freeborn	1,244	21	11
Goodhue	1,339	114	23
Grant	3,412	0	0
Hennepin	45,152	3,569	1,659
Houston	325	2	4
Hubbard	1,819	0	5
Isanti	815	3	18
Itasca	10,494	37	41
Jackson	2,184	66	2
Kanabec	222	33	4
Kandiyohi	2,087	3	12
Kittson	1,865	63	0
Koochiching	4,076	2	8
Lac Qui Parle	2,204	0	0
Lake	762	0	0
Lake Of The Woods	2,218	0	0
Le Sueur	4,020	65	6
Lincoln	215	0	0
Lyon	3,292	8	8
McLeod	989	45	10
Mahnomen	1,772	3	0
Marshall	4,625	0	0
Martin	1,656	16	3
Meeker	2,460	16	2
Mille Lacs	1,043	15	7
Morrison	4,169	0	0
Mower	3,004	41	18
Murray	1,983	0	3
Nicollet	3,661	80	25
Nobles	3,213	20	1
Norman	2,662	0	0
Olmsted	4,978	28	146
Otter Tail	1,660	6	20
Pennington	1,196	0	5
Pine	1,723	57	11
Pipestone	2,624	8	1
Polk	5,828	43	5
Pope	2,752	3	4
Ramsey	15,726	4	365
Red Lake	1,652	8	0
Redwood	220	5	3
Renville	665	1	1
Rice	1,385	108	64
Rock	2,528	0	0
Roseau	3,440	16	0
St. Louis	8,886	11	32
Scott	3,097	75	39
Sherburne	1,664	122	39
Sibley	2,935	18	7
Stearns	7,278	284	159
Steele	435	16	19
Stevens	2,905	2	2
Swift	2,155	26	1
Todd	266	0	0
Traverse	936	0	0
Wabasha	1,179	49	8
Wadena	642	0	0
Waseca	534	5	7
Washington	8,528	645	556
Watonwan	2,601	19	4
Wilkin	2,040	0	0
Winona	1,662	6	10
Wright	2,738	8	39
Yellow Medicine	2,272	17	1

Absentee Data for Past Elections

Information about key absentee ballot metrics for past elections is in the table below. Additional information is available in the spreadsheet below. The data also includes mail ballots for precincts that vote by mail. Last updated 6/4/2025.

Statewide Absentee Summary Data
Absentee Ballot Counts	2024 State General	2024 State Primary	2024 Presidential Primary	2022 State General	2022 State Primary	2020 State General	2020 State Primary	2020 Presidential Primary	2018 State General	2018 State Primary	2016 State General	2016 State Primary
Transmitted	1,452,508	286,263	217,791	792,581	275,851	2,193,411	867,123	249,701	730,875	226,263	742,021	108,658
Returned	1,330,958	134,360	111,930	687,062	161,662	1,929,945	555,998	155,255	652,053	149,274	689,228	44,504
Accepted	1,310,773	127,647	105,704	673,360	155,097	1,909,701	543,665	145,824	638,581	143,975	676,722	42,079
Rejected	20,172	6,688	6,187	13,698	6,542	20,240	12,229	9,388	13,468	5,200	12,461	2,390

Download a spreadsheet of statewide absentee voting statistics 2014-2024

Data for past elections is also available through the Election Administration & Voting Survey.

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