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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 (7/16/26): 308,851
Accepted ballots - by mail (7/16/26): 28,074
Accepted ballots - in person (7/16/26): 9,147

Absentee Counts by County as of July 16, 2026
County	Applications	Accepted ballots - by mail	Accepted ballots - in person
Aitkin	5,567	678	20
Anoka	8,489	1,443	576
Becker	2,825	82	17
Beltrami	3,439	82	48
Benton	977	65	23
Big Stone	1,830	10	3
Blue Earth	8,255	753	111
Brown	3,220	243	19
Carlton	3,486	314	41
Carver	2,790	429	188
Cass	6,844	353	15
Chippewa	2,066	21	5
Chisago	1,102	190	34
Clay	4,800	588	170
Clearwater	617	62	7
Cook	3,073	12	5
Cottonwood	222	10	12
Crow Wing	5,075	434	93
Dakota	14,978	2,392	912
Dodge	215	19	12
Douglas	777	98	47
Faribault	963	0	0
Fillmore	2,560	67	8
Freeborn	1,288	126	20
Goodhue	1,394	206	49
Grant	3,442	12	4
Hennepin	47,702	6,908	3,107
Houston	340	44	8
Hubbard	1,831	121	9
Isanti	844	110	37
Itasca	10,520	738	63
Jackson	2,189	198	2
Kanabec	241	46	12
Kandiyohi	2,117	95	30
Kittson	1,867	237	0
Koochiching	4,094	55	12
Lac Qui Parle	2,210	75	2
Lake	787	8	10
Lake Of The Woods	2,226	67	0
Le Sueur	4,034	307	6
Lincoln	220	6	1
Lyon	3,308	111	12
McLeod	1,030	94	23
Mahnomen	1,771	39	0
Marshall	4,625	224	1
Martin	1,670	74	5
Meeker	2,470	124	8
Mille Lacs	1,048	15	7
Morrison	4,183	223	32
Mower	3,078	177	26
Murray	1,986	2	4
Nicollet	3,784	321	41
Nobles	3,217	233	3
Norman	2,665	10	0
Olmsted	5,325	402	499
Otter Tail	1,791	48	52
Pennington	1,217	42	13
Pine	1,758	181	31
Pipestone	2,630	63	1
Polk	5,870	362	8
Pope	2,760	139	4
Ramsey	16,729	1,487	807
Red Lake	1,655	129	0
Redwood	246	21	17
Renville	670	40	6
Rice	1,494	194	126
Rock	2,538	0	0
Roseau	3,490	219	3
St. Louis	9,159	966	119
Scott	3,219	332	67
Sherburne	1,719	243	72
Sibley	2,950	30	9
Stearns	7,484	915	251
Steele	485	35	37
Stevens	2,916	62	2
Swift	2,169	217	3
Todd	275	0	0
Traverse	937	0	0
Wabasha	1,204	163	21
Wadena	657	49	12
Waseca	544	48	12
Washington	9,162	1,474	955
Watonwan	2,605	194	5
Wilkin	2,040	139	4
Winona	1,699	123	25
Wright	2,823	320	84
Yellow Medicine	2,280	86	2

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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