What happens after you return an absentee ballot? Follow its path through verification, bipartisan review, secure storage and separation from identifying information before it becomes part of the count.
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Verification by the Book: Inside Minnesota’s Post-Election Hand-Count Reviews
Election-night totals aren’t the end of the count. See how Minnesota uses public hand-count reviews of randomly selected precincts to compare paper ballots with voting-system results before the election process is complete.
Paper Ballots, Offline Tabulators and Public Tests: How Minnesota Makes the Count Checkable
How do we know a voting machine counted correctly? Learn how Minnesota preserves paper ballots, limits tabulator connections and tests equipment in public to make the vote count checkable.
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The Clean Elections Advocate March/April 2026
Action Alert and News Update 2/17/2026
Minnesota’s elections should be run in Minnesota
Four Minnesota members of Congress appear to want to help shift control of elections from state and local governments to the federal level, as called for by President Donald Trump. The four — chief sponsor U.S. Rep. Pete Stauber and co-sponsors Reps. Tom Emmer, Brad...
Action Alert and News Update 2/2/2026
Action Alert and News Update 1/26/2026
Action Alert and News Update 1/23/2026
The Clean Elections Advocate January/February 2026
Action Alert and News Update 12/10/2025
Action Alert and News Update 11/18/2025
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