Election Certification

The League of Women Voters of Minnesota (LWVMN) has issued their Observations and Analysis of Minnesota’s 2024 Post-Election Review (PER). The report, which can be found at lwvmn.org/per along with a step-by-step graphic on Election Security in Minnesota, summarizes...

Youth civic engagement fellows and family members watched from the gallery as Minnesota’s electoral college votes were cast by 10 electors selected from the MN Democratic Farmer Labor (DFL) party representing all eight of our Congressional districts with two at-large....

With no changes to the canvassed election results in District 48B after the recount of Chaska Ward 3, Candidate Caleb Steffenhagen waived the recounting of additional precincts. Furthermore, the State Canvassing Board approved the Amended Canvass Report on December 2,...

Across Minnesota, county election officials certify election results by following clear laws. From hotly contested races for state house seats in Sherburne and Scott counties to 17 votes separating the candidates for a third open seat on the Faribault School Board,...

The State Canvassing Board met on 11/21/24 to present the Report of Votes Cast in the November 5 elections for Federal, State and Judicial Offices, “as taken from the certified abstracts of the election returns of the Counties of Minnesota.” Their report showed a...

Thank you to our volunteers who served as nonpartisan observers of the Post-Election Review in 43 counties to help amplify how our elections are fair, accurate, secure and verifiable. Here are some observations from the field: Who else was there? Each meeting was...

There are many procedures in place to address possible discrepancies in the vote totals. Conducting recounts after the election is one tool in the election integrity toolbox. Recounts are different from the Post Election Review audit, as explained well by Verified...

LWVMN has over 150 trained nonpartisan volunteers observing the Post Election Review in 43 of the 87 Minnesota counties. The nonpartisan observation teams across the state will observe, document and report back on various aspects of the PER process.Observing includes...

All 87 Minnesota Counties are now conducting Post Election Review audits. The process of auditing the accuracy of the actual vote counting is called the Post-Election Review (PER) in Minnesota. Each county’s PER is open to the public to observe, during which election...

Voting is over. But our elections are not. From November 6-21, a series of post election activities will take place at local, county and state levels to test the accuracy of our elections, manage any discrepancies, and certify the official results. The timeline for...

Voting is over. But our elections are not. From November 6-21, a series of post-election activities will take place at local, county and state levels to test the accuracy of our elections, manage any discrepancies, and certify the official results. The timeline for...