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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 data 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 (10/2/26): 424,515
Accepted ballots - by mail (10/2/26): 37,222
Accepted ballots - in person (10/2/26): 26,174

Absentee Counts by County as of October 2, 2026
County	Applications	Accepted ballots - by mail	Accepted ballots - in person
Aitkin	5,961	781	103
Anoka	14,930	2,110	1,919
Becker	3,315	151	147
Beltrami	4,073	6	135
Benton	1,480	133	85
Big Stone	1,873	0	0
Blue Earth	9,350	335	310
Brown	3,504	173	71
Carlton	4,104	394	121
Carver	5,645	894	774
Cass	7,315	347	135
Chippewa	2,167	24	29
Chisago	2,159	383	282
Clay	5,700	479	144
Clearwater	696	67	30
Cook	3,119	55	38
Cottonwood	307	38	33
Crow Wing	6,284	484	406
Dakota	25,173	3,272	2,197
Dodge	509	33	51
Douglas	1,542	130	308
Faribault	1,063	0	0
Fillmore	2,983	248	28
Freeborn	1,758	280	172
Goodhue	2,116	297	205
Grant	3,386	7	2
Hennepin	83,049	14,215	7,308
Houston	632	16	35
Hubbard	2,312	207	222
Isanti	1,339	49	99
Itasca	11,019	292	204
Jackson	2,265	187	29
Kanabec	422	25	63
Kandiyohi	2,587	141	163
Kittson	2,011	251	3
Koochiching	4,159	114	37
Lac Qui Parle	2,264	0	0
Lake	1,064	26	59
Lake Of The Woods	2,201	80	5
Le Sueur	4,329	274	46
Lincoln	285	30	19
Lyon	3,572	320	89
McLeod	1,475	154	135
Mahnomen	1,790	4	0
Marshall	4,596	153	7
Martin	1,874	67	32
Meeker	2,632	40	64
Mille Lacs	1,357	138	83
Morrison	4,547	436	147
Mower	3,603	118	144
Murray	2,026	9	8
Nicollet	4,348	424	182
Nobles	3,357	54	43
Norman	2,679	245	5
Olmsted	9,263	989	675
Otter Tail	2,614	218	325
Pennington	1,334	75	45
Pine	2,232	29	91
Pipestone	2,677	25	6
Polk	6,084	659	40
Pope	2,905	133	46
Ramsey	30,652	692	2,029
Red Lake	1,656	187	3
Redwood	435	77	99
Renville	829	78	33
Rice	2,756	398	346
Rock	2,593	31	15
Roseau	3,530	104	21
St. Louis	12,984	1,287	512
Scott	5,826	236	259
Sherburne	3,160	86	77
Sibley	3,068	37	21
Stearns	9,970	534	928
Steele	989	165	228
Stevens	2,958	30	6
Swift	2,196	192	10
Todd	468	61	52
Traverse	961	58	7
Wabasha	1,562	34	58
Wadena	770	32	25
Waseca	719	17	43
Washington	16,780	766	2,611
Watonwan	2,667	111	10
Wilkin	2,030	168	1
Winona	2,475	149	131
Wright	4,720	362	454
Yellow Medicine	2,346	12	11

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 9/28/2026.

Statewide Absentee Summary Data
Absentee Ballot Counts	2026 State Primary	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	450,777	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	263,847	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	254,786	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	8,832	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 2014-2026

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

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