St. Olaf College in Minnesota boasted an 87.6% voter turnout rate in 2020, taking home the top prize in the All In Campus Democracy Challenge. It's trying to beat its own record in 2024.

All Minnesota counties and municipalities must conduct “public accuracy tests” at least three days before voting equipment is used in an election, according to state law. This helps to ensure that Minnesota’s elections are “free, fair, secure and accurate,” according to the Secretary of State’s website.

Analysts say national polls that show how tight the race is between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are not key indicators ahead of the election.Instead, they say your focus should be on polls in the swing states since the winner of the presidency is not determined by the popular vote,

There are about 100 races on Minnesota’s election ballots that won’t get that much attention, and they’re all about judgeships. Coming up Friday at noon, MPR News politics editor and his guests talk about judicial elections and why they’re different here than in other states.

In the four weeks since Sept. 20, 716,858 absentee and mail ballots have been distributed and 337,633 have been cast in Minnesota.

With all 134 House seats and a tied Senate up for grabs, parties prepare to fight over abortion, immigration, corporate tax cuts and more

A state law requires each county in Minnesota select election judges from lists provided by the Republican and Democratic parties. A lawsuit claims Hennepin County violated state statute by not selecting judges from a GOP list.

But the stakes are higher than just a trip to the State Capitol for Democrat Ann Johnson Stewart and Republican Kathleen Fowke. The outcome of special election in Senate District 45 will decide control of the Minnesota Legislature's upper body.

The GOP and two co-petitioners claim that Hennepin County may have failed to include Republicans on its election board

St. Cloud, Minnesota, is still seeking payment for holding a rally for former President Donald Trump after the Trump campaign missed the payment deadline. The central Minnesota city sent a second invoice to the Trump campaign after it missed the Oct.

With the 2024 election less than a month away, new data illustrates which states across the U.S. tend to be the most politically engaged.

Newly implemented laws in MN span topics across public safety, civil rights, environmental protections and more, but election laws are top of mind leading to Nov. 5.