ELECTION NEWS AND NOTICES

The general election will be held on Tuesday, November 5, 2024. Our polling place for in-person voting on election day is Medicine Lake City Hall. You can check your voter registration status or register to vote online via Minnesota’s Secretary of State website at www.sos.state.mn.us/elections-voting.

Vote Early by Mail/Absentee Voting. Medicine Lake’s absentee voting, whether in-person or by mail, is coordinated by Hennepin County. You can find information about voting early in-person or by mail, including when and how to request a ballot, at www.hennepin.us/en/residents/elections/absentee-early-voting. That website includes answers to frequently asked questions, important deadlines, options to return your absentee ballot, voting early in person, and a link to track the status of your mail-in ballot to confirm that it was received and counted.

New this year, voters may now sign up to be on the permanent absentee voting list. Voters on this list can sign up once to be automatically sent an absentee ballot before every election. All eligible voters can choose to join the permanent absentee voter list by checking the box on the interactive voter registration application. The online and paper application can be found at mnvotes.gov/register.

Vote Early In Person. You can vote early in person for the general election at the Hennepin County Government Center (skyway level), 300 South 6th St., Minneapolis, MN 55487, during the following dates and times:

September 20 – October 25: 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. (Monday – Friday)

October 26: 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. (Saturday)

October 28: 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. (Monday)

October 29: 8 a.m. – 7 p.m. (Tuesday)

October 30 – November 1: 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. (Wednesday – Friday)

November 2: 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. (Saturday)

November 3: 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. (Sunday)

November 4: 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. (Monday)

There are other methods of voting early. Information about those other options can be found at www.sos.state.mn.us/elections-voting/other-ways-to-vote.

If you have questions about absentee voting or voting early in-person you can contact the Hennepin County elections office directly at 612-348-5151 or by e-mail at [email protected].

If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact our city election clerk, Josh Hauble, at 763-542-9701 (voicemail) by e-mail at [email protected]

2024 ELECTIONS NOTICES

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a general election will be conducted on November 5, 2024. The hours of voting at the designated polling place, Medicine Lake Town Hall, 10609 South Shore Drive, Medicine Lake, Minnesota, will be from 7:00 am to 8:00 pm. The following is a sample portion of the November ballot containing the Medicine Lake city offices:

A public test of the voting systems used in the general election will be held on Wednesday, October 30, 2024 at 5:30 pm at Medicine Lake Town Hall.

Other Election Information

New Medicine Lake Election Clerk Needed for 2025 and Beyond!

Josh Hauble will be stepping down from the position of Medicine Lake Election Clerk at the end of this year (after the November 5, 2024 General Election).

As a result, Medince Lake needs someone to serve as our Election Clerk. During an election year, the job of the election clerk is to inform and assist voters exercising their right to vote. To that end, the election clerk recruits and educates election judges to work the polls on election day, publishes election information, answers voters’ questions, and ensures the fairness and integrity of the election system. You will be assisted by the Hennepin County Elections Office, whose staff works very hard to make this role as easy, as possible. In addition to the resources and training provided by Hennepin County, you will also benefit from the knowledge and experience of a group of veteran election judges. Josh Hauble is available to answer questions, serve as an election judge, and share his experience.

If you are interested in serving our city as its Election Clerk, now is the time to act. Participating in the lead up to and administration of our November 5, 2024 general election is the best training for the position you could receive.

If you have interest in or would like to learn more about serving as the Medicine Lake Election Clerk, please feel free to contact Josh Hauble to discuss the position further. He can be reached by e-mail at [email protected] (as an election clerk, you will also get a coveted “City of Medicine Lake” e-mail address!).