5 reports

• 4 reports about No Voting Issue
• 1 reports about Other

55105: No Voting Issue

We expected huge lines--a friend was working as an election judge in another precinct; he told us to get in before lunch or after 1. We went at 11:30, walked right in, got a ballot, no line, empty booths waiting, marked the little circles, slid ballots into machines. Done in 5 mins. But now I can't tell anyone how long I waited in line during this historic election. Read More »

55037: No Voting Issue

it took 15 SECONDS to get my ballot. Took the scanner longer to scan my ballot than to fill it out. Great to be in a small township community Read More »

55808: No Voting Issue

I have never seen people so excited to vote. The air was electric- positively charged! Read More »

55987: No Voting Issue

I was the 123rd person to submit an electronic ballot, and it was only 8:20am! Winona ballots are paper but are scanned electronically by the ballot box. This works well for most people, but one elderly gentleman had some trouble with the "fill in the oval" idea. Read More »

55123: Other

Arrived at 6:45, line already looked to be 2 hours long. Will try again later in the morning. Read More »

10 Electoral Votes

Polling Hours: 7 a.m. – 8 p.m. (polls open at 10 a.m. in some townships)

2008 Registered Voters: 3,199,307 as of 11/03 (Minnesota Secretary of State - Election Center)

Change from 2004: +7%

Election Day Registration: No

Post-Election Manual Audits: Yes

ID Requirements: Required of all first-time voters who registered by mail without verifying ID

Provisional Voting: N/A – election-day registration

Voting System: Optical scan and ballot-marking device

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Power Outage At Minn. Polls After Accident

State: Minnesota

Power outages occurred at polling places in St. Paul, Minn., after a truck hit a power plant at about 8:25 a.m. Power was out for about 90 minutes at one polling place, the St. Paul Pioneer Press reported, but it did not adversely affect voting, elections officials said. Voters' ballots were held in a "security slot" on the ballot box until power was restored. Then, two election judges from different parties fed the ballots through. (St. Paul Pioneer Press) Read More »

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