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Wrong party name lands ballot in court
From Al Edenloff, editor of the Alexandria Echo Press: An unexpected twist in the wide-open race for House District 11B challenged a candidates name being on the ballot and ended up in the Minnesota ...
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Why did voters leave some races blank?

They’re called “under votes” – ballots that for some reason or another, voters choose to leave blank for some races. There were a lot of under votes in Tuesday’s election in Douglas County. Local election officials could only speculate why.

November 09, 2012

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Certain voters may designate an agent for ballot delivery on Election Day

Minnesota Secretary of State Mark Ritchie reminds voters that they may authorize another person (known as their “agent”) to pick up and return an absentee ballot for them on Election Day if they are patients in a hospital, residential treatment center or nursing home; residents of a group home; residents of a battered women’s shelter; residents of an assisted living facility; are disabled or would have difficulty getting to the polls because of incapacitating health reasons.

November 05, 2012

More than 100,000 request absentee ballots in Minnesota

Secretary of State Mark Ritchie announced today that over 100,000 Minnesota voters have requested absentee ballots.

October 11, 2012

1165062 Public Notice - School District 206 General Election

October 22, 2010

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Primary contests do not end with DFL governor race

The Democratic governor's race gets most of the attention in this primary season when a light voter turnout is expected Tuesday, but several statewide races are on the ballot.

By Don Davis , August 09, 2010

1118322 Public Notice - Douglas County Polling Sites and Ballot

July 30, 2010

1118322 Public Notice - Douglas County Polling Places and Ballot

July 23, 2010

Updated absentee ballot application form available for 2010

Secretary of State Mark Ritchie reminded voters and civic groups that the absentee ballot application form has been updated for 2010 and is available.

By Staff Report , May 15, 2010

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Absentee ballot changes pass

Minnesotans should find absentee voting easier this year than in the controversial 2008 U.S. Senate election, when counting stretched for months after the November vote.

By Don Davis , March 09, 2010

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Get ready to cast your ballot – Township elections are Tuesday

Next Tuesday, township residents throughout Douglas County will have the opportunity to let their voices be heard.

By Celeste Beam , March 04, 2009

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Counties ordered to check ballots

Judges in the Senate election trial on Thursday ordered 63 counties and some cities to examine roughly 1,500 uncounted absentee ballot envelopes to determine whether voters mistakenly placed voter registration cards in the envelope.

By Scott Wente, E/P State Capital Bureau , February 27, 2009

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Weeks of U.S. Senate trial remain

Norm Coleman’s campaign said it is close to wrapping up its case in the U.S. Senate election trial, but the proceeding is not almost done.

By Scott Wente, E/P State Capital Bureau , February 27, 2009

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All eyes on ballots

All eyes on ballots Hunched over the gray table in front of him, the man in the dark green flannel shirt squinted at the sprawling piles of white paper before him. He scanned each piece, looking for the proper mark, before picking it up, the single sheet making a slight scraping noise as it slid across the one below it. The man, flanked on each side by keen observers, counted: “One, two, three…” And so it went Wednesday, the first day of Douglas County’s part in the statewide recount for the 2008 Minnesota Senate race.

November 21, 2008

Ballot security tops Senate candidates' minds

Republican Senator Norm Coleman and Democrat Al Franken agree ballots need to be preserved for a statewide recount in their U.S. Senate race, but their campaigns struggled to work out details.

By By Don Davis, State Capitol Bureau , November 12, 2008

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Douglas County voters favor incumbents

Douglas County voters didn’t vote for a lot of change Tuesday.

By Al Edenloff , November 05, 2008

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