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11/8/2018 Minnesota Secretary Of State - Secretary of State Steve Simon Announces Preliminary Voter Participation Numbers <br />https://www.sos.state.mn.us/about-the-office/news-room/secretary-of-state-steve-simon-announces-preliminary-voter-participation-numbers/1/2 <br />NEWS ROOM <br />Secretary of State Steve Simon Announces Preliminary Voter Participation <br />Numbers <br />November 7, 2018 <br />Minnesota has enjoyed extraordinarily high levels of voter participation and routinely ranks as #1 in the United States for turnout. For <br />the 2018 Statewide General Election, preliminary estimates indicate that at least 2,593,922 voters participated either in-person or by <br />absentee ballot, representing a 63.82 percent participation rate. That is the highest percentage of voter participation in Minnesota for a <br />midterm election since 2002 and the largest raw total for a midterm election in Minnesota history. <br />“Minnesota elections are a model for the nation,” said Secretary of State Steve Simon. “Not only do Minnesotans value civic engagement, <br />but you have demanded from your government a voting system that makes it as easy as possible for Minnesotans to exercise their voice <br />and power at the polls. Whether or not our participation rate this year means we will maintain our #1 in the nation status, I will always <br />consider you the best voters in our great country.” <br />Minnesota Statutes 206.89 states that after every state general election, Minnesota counties perform a post-election review of election <br />results returned by the optical scan ballot counters used in the state.  The review is a hand count of the ballots in the selected precincts <br />compared with the results from the voting system used in those precincts. <br />At the canvass of the state primary, the county canvassing board (the board that certies federal, state and county election results in that <br />county) in each county must set the date, time, and place for the post-election review of the general election, and notify the Secretary of <br />State. <br />At the canvass of the state general election, the county canvassing boards must randomly select the precincts to be reviewed, and notify <br />the Secretary of State. <br />OFFICE OF THE MINNESOTA <br />SECRETARY OF STATE STEVE SIMON