Minnesota’s east-suburban 2nd Congressional District and west-suburban 3rd Congressional District have traits in common, but they’re not being contested in similar fashion this year.

Who are election judges, is ballot harvesting legal in Minnesota, and how do officials identify potential election fraud or tampering? Your questions answered.

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.

Anoka election officials and Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon conducted a public testing of voting tabulators on Thursday, the day before direct balloting started in Minnesota

As the 2024 election approaches, here's what to know about ballot tracking, vote-by-mail deadlines, and finding your polling site in Minnesota.

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.

Nearly 90% of students at Minnesota's St. Olaf College will vote in the 2024 election. NBC News' Joe Fryer reports on how non-partisan "election ambassadors" who encourage classmates to cast their ballots.

St. Olaf College boasted an 87.6% voter turnout rate in 2020, taking home the top prize in the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge as the most civically engaged college campus in the country. The small liberal arts college reached that number with help from its “election ambassador program,” and this year, it is looking to break its own record.

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

The latest CBS News election polls still show Harris retaining a slim lead in battleground states. However, Trump is one point closer to Harris nationally than he was the previous month.

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.