Part III: On Voting

Voting Tips & Reminders

• Know your rights in the polling place. Read through the MN Voters’ Bill of Rights before going to vote, and read our blog post about what is and is not allowed in and around the polling place.

• You have the right to take time off work to vote on Election Day. Employers cannot require you to use personal leave or vacation time. Your employer may require you to give them advance notice.

• If you are a caretaker for a child under the age of 18, you may bring your child with you to your early voting location or polling place.

• Assistance is available.

  • If you cannot easily enter the polling place on Election Day, such as due to a disability, you can ask to have a ballot brought out to you. This is known as “curbside voting.” Two election judges from different major political parties will bring a ballot to you. When you are finished voting, they will place your ballot in the ballot tabulator for you.

  • If you need help with voting, you can ask an election official for assistance in reading or marking the ballot. You may also bring someone to help you. That person cannot be an agent of your employer or your union.

  • Your Election Day polling place will have a ballot-marking machine that can help you mark your ballot if you cannot, or choose not to, vote using a pen.

• More voting information:

  • Picking the President (Presidential Primary)

  • On Caucuses (2020)