Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026 · Minnesota

Your Minnesota ballot, explained

Type your address to see every race on your ballot, with endorsements first and candidates checked for ties to extremist groups. Not registered at your address? Do it online by Tue., Oct. 13, or register when you vote.

Type your address to see every race on your ballot, with endorsements first and candidates checked for ties to extremist groups. You can still register when you vote.

Your ballot
Look it up below. Your house number never leaves your device.
Election Day
Tue., Nov. 3, 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Early voting runs through Mon., Nov. 2.
Your ballot

See every race on your ballot

Type your address. Only the street and city leave your device; your house number is matched here, in your browser.

Step 1 · Register ahead by Tuesday, Oct. 13
Step 1 · Check the voter rolls

Make sure you're registered

Tue., Oct. 13 is the last day to register or update your address ahead of time (online until 11:59 p.m.). Miss it and you can still register at the polls, but it takes longer and you'll need proof of where you live. If you haven't voted in four years, or you moved or changed your name, check now.

Registering ahead closed on Oct. 13. You can still register, or update your address, at your polling place or while voting early. Bring proof of where you live (see step 3).

Check my registration The Minnesota Secretary of State's lookup. Enter your name, birthday and address. It updates nightly.

If it shows

Your current address

You're all set. Go on to step 2.

If it shows

An old address or name

Update it online by Oct. 13. You'll need your Minnesota driver's license or ID number, or the last four digits of your Social Security number. New this year: you can also update it at the polls.

If it

Can't find you

Register online by Oct. 13, or register at the polls with proof of where you live. Questions: your county election office.

Step 2 · Pick how you'll vote

Three ways to vote. Pick one.

Anyone in Minnesota can vote early or by mail, no reason needed. Once your early or mail ballot is in, that's your vote.

Most flexible

Early, in person

Open now on weekdays. From Fri., Oct. 16 your ballot goes straight into the counter.

Where
Your county election office, and in some cities city hall. Find yours and its hours.
When
Now through Mon., Nov. 2, until 5 p.m. that day. Many offices add evening and weekend hours near the end.

Not registered at your address yet? You can register right there with proof of where you live.

On Election Day

Your neighborhood polling place.

When
Tue., Nov. 3, 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. In line by 8? Stay in line. You can still vote.
Where
Your polling place shows up when you look up your ballot.
Bring
Nothing, if you're registered at your current address.

Can't get inside? Ask for curbside voting: two election judges bring the ballot out to your car.

By mail

No trip at all. Needs a witness.

Ask
Apply at mnvotes.gov/absentee. You'll need your driver's license or ID number, or the last four of your Social Security number.
Witness
Any U.S. citizen 18 or older, or a notary, signs your envelope. The Minnesota Supreme Court upheld this rule in August.
Mail
By Tue., Oct. 27 to be safe. It must arrive by 8 p.m. Nov. 3; a postmark doesn't count. Or drop it off by 5 p.m. Nov. 3, but not at a polling place.

Track it at mnvotes.gov/trackmyballot.

Step 3 · What to bring

Registered? Bring nothing.

Minnesota doesn't ask registered voters for ID, early or on Election Day. Registering at the polls? Bring proof of where you live. Any one of these works:

  • Minnesota driver's license or state ID with your current address
  • A tribal ID
  • A photo ID plus a bill due within 30 days (utility, phone, internet, bank or credit card)
  • A photo ID plus a lease valid through Election Day
No proof at all?

A registered voter from your precinct can vouch for you by signing an oath in front of an election judge.

Away at college?

Register at the address you consider home now: your dorm, apartment or your parents' home. The mail-ballot application lets you use a different mailing address.

Key dates

Put these on the fridge

  1. Fri.Sept. 18
    Mail ballots and early voting openAt county election offices.
  2. Tue.Oct. 13
    Last day to register aheadOnline until 11:59 p.m. After that, register at the polls.
  3. Fri.Oct. 16
    Early ballots go straight into the counterMore cities open early voting around now.
  4. Tue.Oct. 27
    Voting by mail? Mail it todayIt must arrive by 8 p.m. Nov. 3.
  5. Mon.Nov. 2
    Last day to vote earlyUntil 5 p.m.
  6. Tue.Nov. 3
    Election DayPolls open 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Mail ballots must arrive by 8 p.m.
Good to know

Little things that help

Turn the ballot over

The judges and the amendment are on the back. Leaving the amendment blank counts as a No.

New this year

You can update your registration at the polls, not only register. Election judges can now vouch only for people they personally know.

Want help marking your ballot?

Bring anyone you choose, except your boss or a union officer, or ask two election judges. Every polling place has an accessible ballot-marking machine.

About the extremism check

We used the Southern Poverty Law Center's 2025 Hate Map (all 1,214 listed groups and chapters), plus militias, QAnon, Jan. 6 charges, election denial and book-ban or anti-LGBTQ campaigns. A tie means something documented and public: an endorsement, a speech, a membership.

Who to call

Real people who answer voting questions