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Primary elections determine which candidates will appear on the general election ballot. General elections determine who wins an elected office.

Registering to vote is quick and easy! There are four ways to register: use a paper form, , automatic registration, and online registration.

Who can vote in the primary and general elections?

• People who will have immediately preceding Election Day

What do I need to register?

• Your Minnesota driver’s license or Minnesota identification card number, or the last four numbers of your Social Security number
• An email address
• More information on what is needed to register to vote can be found on the .

To be eligible to vote in Minnesota you will need to re-register if your name or address changes.

Find out more and .

There are several ways you can vote in the primary and the general election:

• In-person on election day at your designated polling place. .
• at your county election office.
• Vote by mail using an absentee ballot. .

For students from a state other than Minnesota who wish to register and vote in that state, check the elections forms, requirements, and absentee voting procedures at that state’s Secretary of State’s website, or.

Find more helpful information at Office of the and at .

To vote, all of these must be true:

• I will be at least 18 years old on Election Day
• I am a citizen of the United States
• I will have resided in Minnesota for 20 days immediately preceding Election Day
• I am not under court-ordered guardianship in which the court order revokes my right to vote
• I have not been found by a court to be legally incompetent to vote
• If I have been convicted of a felony, my felony sentence has expired (been completed) or I have been discharged from my sentence

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