The 2024 election is only two weeks away! Do you have questions about voting? I will be sharing information from the Minnesota Secretary of State website (mnvotes.org). If you have access to the website, you will find lots of voting information and answers to any questions you may have. We also have printed voting information at the Service Desk at the library. So let’s get started.

How do I Register to Vote? It is too close to the election to register to vote online, but you can register on Election Day when you go to your polling place to vote. If you are registering on Election Day you will need identification to prove your current address. Minnesota also has automatic voter registration when you renew or apply for a Minnesota Driver’s license. It’s easy to check your registration status by going to mnvotes.org if you have questions.

How can I vote? You can vote in person at your local polling place on Election Day or you can vote early in person at the Auditor-Treasurer’s office on the second floor of the Brown County Courthouse or the Nicollet County Government Center in St. Peter if you are a Nicollet county resident.

Where do I vote in person? If you are voting in person on Election Day, it is a good idea to double check your polling location before you go to make sure it hasn’t changed. Go to mnvotes.org to use the Polling Place Finder. You just put in your address and your polling place information pops up! You can also stop in at the library and take a look at the Precinct Map on our bulletin board.

If you have access to the internet, mnvotes.org has many great features to assist you with voting. Viewing a sample ballot and checking your voter registration status are just a sample of what’s available. You can even track the status of your absentee or mail-in ballot to see if it has been received, all by putting in your identifying information.

So, however you choose to do it, make sure you vote! Vote early, by mail or in person, or vote on Election Day, just make sure you vote.

New Ulm Public Library is located at 17 North Broadway and is open Monday-Thursday from 9:30 a.m.-8 p.m. and Friday-Saturday from 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m.