Minnesota leads US in voter turnout for 2024 election

ST. PAUL, Minn. (KEYC) - The Minnesota Secretary of State’s Office says the state currently leads the nation for voter turnout for the 2024 election.

On Thursday, the State Canvassing Board met to certify the results of the 2024 General Election for President and Vice-President, U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives for Minnesota, in addition to judicial and state legislative offices.

3,272,414 Minnesotans cast ballots, which is 76.35% of eligible voter population. Minnesota is currently leading the nation in voter turnout

The number of eligible voters increased in 2023 when voting rights were restored for more than 55,000 Minnesotans who have left prison behind.

A total of 1,304,018 voters cast an absentee or mail-in ballot, which is 39.84% of the total votes cast.

The record for absentee voting was set in 2020 at 58% during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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