City of Delano issued the following announcement on Oct. 31.
Late Thursday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit overruled the State of Minnesota's approved consent decree extending the deadline for submitting absentee and mail ballots. The Court of Appeals ruling means absentee and mail ballots must be received by Election Day in order to be counted. The deadline to drop it off in person is 3 p.m.; the deadline for mail or delivery service is 8 p.m. Election Officials are required to segregate and hold ballots that are returned after the above deadlines until additional instructions are provided by the Secretary of State's office. Further Court rulings may require ballots received late be rejected.
Next Steps for Voters:
Voters should no longer place their absentee ballot in the mail. Instead, voters have several options to ensure their vote is counted in the November general election:
• Voters who have already put their ballot in the mail can track their ballot at http://www.mnvotes.org/track.
• Voters can deliver their ballots to city hall by hand (or have someone they trust hand-deliver it for them).
• Voters can cast their vote in person with an absentee ballot at City Hall up until November 2, 2020, at 5 p.m.
• Voters can cast their votes in person on Election Day, November 3. Use the Pollfinder Tool to find out where to vote: https://pollfinder.sos.state.mn.us/
Original source can be found here.
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Source: City of Delano
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