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Minnesota voter turnout triples as majority cast absentee ballots

The COVID-19 pandemic caused absentee voting to surge in Minnesota's primary, a likely preview of November.

By Jeff Hargarten

August 29, 2020 at 9:25PM
Todd Gallagher prepared mail-in ballots in July in Minneapolis.
Todd Gallagher prepared mail-in ballots in July in Minneapolis. (Star Tribune file/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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Jeff Hargarten is a Minnesota Star Tribune journalist at the intersection of data analysis, reporting, coding and design.

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