Tuesday will bring another day of mostly above-normal temperatures in the 40s and 30s. Portions of northeast and northwest Minnesota will be cooler in the 20s. Get the latest weather news on Updraft.
Coming up on Morning Edition: Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon joins MPR News host Cathy Wurzer to talk about the primary election. Coming up at 9 a.m.:MPR News host Angela Davis talks with Minneapolis fire captain and author Jeremy Norton about his memoir “Trauma Sponges.” Listen back to their conversation about Norton’s 22 years of being a first responder in Minneapolis, including a call to the scene of George Floyd’s murder
With election season well underway, questions about ballot security are reemerging — and dividing — some Minnesota communities. In north-central Minnesota, Crosslake residents want the city to have more control over counting votes.
A number of Minnesota cities do administer their own absentee ballots, including several in the Twin Cities metro. They’re often larger than Crosslake, which has about 2,400 residents and a small city staff.
Crosslake City Clerk Char Nelson said she was shocked by the proposal, and that taking on the added election responsibilities would strain the already-undersized city staff.
“I thought they were crazy,” said Nelson, who has helped run elections for more than two decades. “They didn’t seem to have a really good reason as to why to do it.”
With contests in 17 states and territories — including Minnesota — the Super Tuesday primaries will be the largest day of voting of the year outside of the November election. Just how “super” it is may be a matter of perspective.
While Minnesota doesn’t have party registration, voters must decide which party ballot to request and a polling place worker will provide that ballot.
Any voter registered in Minnesota can vote in the primary. And residents can register at the polling place on the day of the primary.
Most polling places are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. To find your polling place, enter your home address in the Minnesota Secretary of State’s pollfinder tool.
Lou Nanne, voice of the Boys State Hockey Tournament, reflects on 60 years of calling games. Minnesota hockey legend Lou Nanne is hanging up his hat. This week will be his 60th and final year calling the Minnesota Boy’s State Hockey Tournament at Xcel Energy Center.
