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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 (7/23/26): 319,358
Accepted ballots - by mail (7/23/26): 46,199
Accepted ballots - in person (7/23/26): 14,175

Absentee Counts by County as of July 23, 2026
County	Applications	Accepted ballots - by mail	Accepted ballots - in person
Aitkin	5,594	967	31
Anoka	8,989	1,728	755
Becker	2,870	286	34
Beltrami	3,514	364	67
Benton	1,009	157	26
Big Stone	1,834	173	6
Blue Earth	8,422	1,149	225
Brown	3,257	500	37
Carlton	3,583	528	98
Carver	2,972	616	271
Cass	6,888	1,003	31
Chippewa	2,077	153	11
Chisago	1,227	279	61
Clay	4,902	745	233
Clearwater	623	62	7
Cook	3,092	294	8
Cottonwood	227	21	15
Crow Wing	5,171	830	156
Dakota	16,058	2,946	1,240
Dodge	229	26	19
Douglas	818	144	82
Faribault	988	0	0
Fillmore	2,806	311	10
Freeborn	1,345	204	68
Goodhue	1,484	312	117
Grant	3,453	230	4
Hennepin	50,780	9,180	4,907
Houston	355	51	10
Hubbard	1,848	271	11
Isanti	887	123	43
Itasca	10,572	1,265	77
Jackson	2,194	291	3
Kanabec	257	64	18
Kandiyohi	2,155	134	38
Kittson	1,877	325	6
Koochiching	4,112	467	19
Lac Qui Parle	2,213	244	3
Lake	802	118	29
Lake Of The Woods	2,231	203	1
Le Sueur	4,057	536	14
Lincoln	222	24	3
Lyon	3,331	355	28
McLeod	1,098	144	64
Mahnomen	1,771	181	0
Marshall	4,628	454	1
Martin	1,692	219	14
Meeker	2,492	232	13
Mille Lacs	1,083	135	27
Morrison	4,249	547	56
Mower	3,120	301	68
Murray	1,989	120	4
Nicollet	3,835	509	61
Nobles	3,233	363	7
Norman	2,675	146	0
Olmsted	5,628	780	610
Otter Tail	1,925	248	156
Pennington	1,227	119	21
Pine	1,792	265	53
Pipestone	2,632	241	1
Polk	5,894	696	10
Pope	2,775	301	9
Ramsey	17,807	2,772	1,386
Red Lake	1,659	239	0
Redwood	259	42	22
Renville	688	85	15
Rice	1,652	262	220
Rock	2,540	190	7
Roseau	3,534	400	3
St. Louis	9,432	1,540	193
Scott	3,334	535	110
Sherburne	1,821	356	96
Sibley	2,977	245	14
Stearns	7,750	1,284	398
Steele	569	98	114
Stevens	2,926	263	5
Swift	2,169	320	3
Todd	287	0	0
Traverse	938	39	2
Wabasha	1,216	215	26
Wadena	666	96	16
Waseca	564	72	17
Washington	9,901	1,957	1,369
Watonwan	2,611	296	6
Wilkin	2,044	237	5
Winona	1,735	214	29
Wright	2,931	503	119
Yellow Medicine	2,285	259	3

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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