A Minnesota poll courier has been fired after leaving thousands of ballots unattended in an open car trunk outside Edina City Hall, southwest of Minneapolis. The incident happened on Friday as the worker was dropping off boxes of ballots, and a photo of the trunk with the unsecured boxes spread on social media.

Who are election judges, is ballot harvesting legal in Minnesota, and how do officials identify potential election fraud or tampering? Your questions answered.

In 2022, the Supreme Court had just overturned abortion rights, helping Minnesota Democrats secure a rare DFL trifecta. Will it hold?

As the 2024 election approaches, here's what to know about ballot tracking, vote-by-mail deadlines, and finding your polling site in Minnesota.

Two candidates are running in Minnesota House District 65B, which covers downtown St. Paul, West Seventh Street, the city’s West Side and West St. Paul. Rep. María Isa Pérez-Vega, DFL-St. Paul, is seeking a second term.

All Minnesota counties and municipalities must conduct “public accuracy tests” at least three days before voting equipment is used in an election, according to state law. This helps to ensure that Minnesota’s elections are “free, fair, secure and accurate,” according to the Secretary of State’s website.

St. Olaf College boasted an 87.6% voter turnout rate in 2020, taking home the top prize in the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge as the most civically engaged college campus in the country. The small liberal arts college reached that number with help from its “election ambassador program,” and this year, it is looking to break its own record.

In the four weeks since Sept. 20, 716,858 absentee and mail ballots have been distributed and 337,633 have been cast in Minnesota.

Hennepin County reportedly fires driver, grapples with election security questions after open trunk full of ballots was found unattended in Edina

Rep. Leon Lillie, DFL- North St. Paul, is seeking an 11th term representing Minnesota’s House District 44B, which includes North St. Paul and Oakdale. He faces Republican challenger Bill Dahn and Libertarian candidate TJ Hawthorne in the November election.

St. Paul, is seeking a second term and faces Republican Scott Hesselgrave. District 67A covers northeast St. Paul’s Greater East Side and Payne-Phalen neighborhoods. General information about the Nov.