If you want to vote in the General Election, but are unable to make it to the polls on election day you can vote by absentee. You will need to decide if you are going to use your residence prior to going to college, or your college residence.
If you choose to use your residence prior to college, and that residence is located in a county other than Stearns County, you will need to complete an absentee ballot application and submit it to that county.
If you choose to use your college residence and it is located in Stearns County, complete the absentee ballot application below and submit it to the address on the back of the form.
Download an Absentee Application
In Minnesota, you can vote absentee for the following reasons:
- Absence from your precinct
- Illness or disability
- Serving as an election judge in another precinct
- Religious discipline or observance of religious holiday
- Eligible emergency declared by the governor or quarantine declared by the federal or state government