{"id":444,"date":"2020-08-12T16:32:27","date_gmt":"2020-08-12T21:32:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/vote\/?page_id=444"},"modified":"2024-10-18T15:36:54","modified_gmt":"2024-10-18T20:36:54","slug":"vote-by-mail","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/vote\/vote-by-mail\/","title":{"rendered":"Vote by Mail"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-modular-content-collection><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Voting early by mail can help reduce lines on Election Day! While you can request a mail-in ballot up until November 5th in Minnesota, we suggest that you request your ballot at least <em><strong>two weeks before election day<\/strong><\/em> (October 22) to ensure it will be received in time. Each state has a different absentee ballot deadline and application process. If you plan to vote by mail in a different state, check out your Secretary of State&#8217;s website! Here is some helpful information on how to request your mail-in ballot from campus.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Voting by Mail from Campus<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>First, go to the <a href=\"https:\/\/mnvotes.sos.state.mn.us\/ABRegistration\/ABRegistrationStep1.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Minnesota Secretary of State&#8217;s absentee ballot request form<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3><em>Step One &#8211; Location<\/em><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>County: Rice<\/li>\n<li>City, State, Zip: Northfield, MN, 55057<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><em>Step Two &#8211; Personal Information<\/em><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Enter Your Full Name and Date of Birth<\/li>\n<li>Enter your Minnesota ID Number (Driver\u2019s License or I.D. Card) <em><strong>OR<\/strong><\/em> the last four digits of your Social Security Number<\/li>\n<li>Enter your address:\n<ul>\n<li>If you live in a dorm:\n<ul>\n<li>House Number &#8211; Enter \u201c0\u201d (Zero)<\/li>\n<li>Street &#8211; Select your dorm\u2019s name from the dropdown menu (ex. \u201cRand Hall CLG\u201d)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>If you live in affiliate housing:\n<ul>\n<li>See <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1rYSXL-65r3_cxMEjR_Vff4pPZkg-7d_fqjlnvxOLPMI\/edit?gid=0#gid=0\">this spreadsheet<\/a> for what you should put as your address<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>If you live off-campus:\n<ul>\n<li>Enter your home address<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Select where you want your ballot to be sent<\/li>\n<li>Enter your email address<\/li>\n<li>Verify the information and sign<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Congrats, you\u2019ve requested your mail-in ballot! Remember to turn in your ballot at least a week before the election to ensure that it is counted on Election Day (Nov. 8th).<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Voting by Mail from Home<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Go to your state&#8217;s Secretary of State&#8217;s website and to find your state&#8217;s absentee ballot request form and procedures. Links to the website can be found at <a href=\"https:\/\/vote.gov\/\">https:\/\/vote.gov\/<\/a> and by searching your state of residence.<\/p>\n<p><!-- begin-migrated-from-panel-builder --><!-- end-migrated-from-panel-builder --><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Voting early by mail can help reduce lines on Election Day! While you can request a mail-in ballot up until November 5th in Minnesota, we suggest that you request your [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3848,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-444","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/vote\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/vote\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/vote\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/vote\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3848"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/vote\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=444"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/vote\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1233,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/vote\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/444\/revisions\/1233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/vote\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}