2 weeks Ago By Nathan Worcester
Summer isn’t over, but America’s “election season” is already well underway. In fact, some people are now casting votes in person for the general election. In-person early or absentee voting for the Nov.
5 general election starts Sept. 20 in Virginia, South Dakota, and Minnesota. In Virginia, local registrars across the state will be open for “absentee voting in person,” which continues through Nov.
2 at 5 p.m. The 46-day timeline was established during the state’s 2010 legislative session, lengthening a 30-day timeline.
Minnesota too has expanded absentee voting over the years along with other aspects of voting. Laws that took effect in June 2024 created a permanent absentee voter list and allow college students residing in the state to register with a student housing list and any form of photo identification, not just a school ID. South Dakota’s absentee voting also starts on Sept.
20, 46 days ahead of Election Day. But Virginia and Minnesota, though more blue than red, may have edged closer to being competitive this cycle. During the GOP’s national convention in Milwaukee in July, President Joe Biden was still the Democratic candidate.
In her speech at the Fiserv Forum, Republican National Committee co-Chair Lara Trump described her father-in-law’s opponent as “vulnerable” in Virginia, Minnesota, and several other states that Democrats typically win. Trump now faces Vice President Kamala Harris instead of Biden. Harris’s running mate is Tim Walz, the governor of Minnesota, whom she named during the Democrats’ convention in late August.
Biden won it in 2020 by more than 7 percent. He led Trump there in the polls throughout the campaign season. A Senate race in the state pits incumbent Sen.
Amy Klobuchar against former basketball player Royce White..
