Who's using absentee voting in Minnesota?

November 7, 2016 at 11:32PM

A new analysis of absentee voter data, obtained Monday just a few hours before the close of early voting, shows that young people have started using the new "no excuses" voting process at a greater rate in the last couple of weeks.

The Star Tribune repeated its earlier analysis of absentee voter data, obtained from the Minnesota Secretary of State. The analysis included comparing it with voter registration and history records to look out who's been casting early ballots and where they live.

This is the first presidential election featuring Minnesota's new early voting law and residents across the country -- whether they're actually absent or not -- are taking advantage of being able to cast ballots before Election Day.

about the writers

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MaryJo Webster

Data Editor

MaryJo Webster is the data editor for the Minnesota Star Tribune. She teams up with reporters to analyze data for stories across a wide range of topics and beats and also oversees a small team of other data journalists.

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Jeff Hargarten

Data Journalist

Jeff Hargarten is a Minnesota Star Tribune journalist at the intersection of data analysis, reporting, coding and design.

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