Primary election day on Aug. 11 is approaching quickly. Here are answers to some frequently asked questions about voting, registration and the timeline. Learn more about when and where to vote, how to register, voting early and absentee ballot details and more.

The voting process: Answers to your voting and election questions in Minnesota

Election Day is approaching quickly. Here are answers to some frequently asked questions about the upcoming election. Learn more about when and where to vote, how to register, voting early and absente...

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Those years are not even too long ago

BREAKING: The House voted 216-214 to pass a budget reconciliation bill that includes $10 billion worth of election-related grants for coaxing states into adopting anti-voting measures like those in the SAVE America Act. The vote takes Trump closer to enacting his anti-democratic pet proposal.

House passes SAVE America Act anti-voting measures in budget reconciliation, stock trading bills

"This bill is a Trojan horse," one Democratic Representative said.

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I want to pass Medicare for All. I want to ban prior authorization. The insurance companies don't. That's why they're backing Congresswoman Craig in this race.

If Fourth of July fireworks aren’t your thing, the University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum is offering a quieter light show. The annual Firefly Viewing Nights lets visitors trade fireworks for fireflies, as naturalists warn the glowing insects are disappearing in many parts of the country.

Firefly viewing nights return to the U of M Arboretum with a silent fireworks show

A summer tradition at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum lets visitors trade fireworks for fireflies, as naturalists warn the glowing insects are disappearing in many parts of the country.

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Please read and call. Flood the zone.

Marc Elias@marcelias.bsky.social · last mo.

I just sent this out to Democracy Docket premium members, but in light of the Postmasters comments this morning threatening voting by mail, I felt it is urgent to post it online for everyone. Please read and share. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/mail...

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A right wing group is planning on protesting Champlin's Pride Community Picnic! I think we need to get all the #LGBTQIA+ positivity we can to Champlin next Thursday evening!

In a new video, Jo Frost, aka Supernanny, warns that some modern parents are hindering their kids’ independence by choosing short-term convenience over teaching basic life skills. The IG post featuring the video is filled with comments from teachers agreeing with her that it’s a growing concern.

🚨NEWS: FBI records obtained through a Judicial Watch lawsuit reveal that a Butler County Sheriff’s deputy exchanged two emails with Trump shooter Thomas Crooks before the July 13, 2024 assassination attempt. The records remain heavily redacted, concealing the nature of the communications.

Do we know anyone in Baltimore free after 3pm today (Sunday 5/31) to play Kitten Transporter who can pick up and bring this girl to us in Elkton (or even to Bel Air) out of a rehoming situation?

Sen. Andy Kim: "It's a choice. Delaney Hall is run by GEO Group. GEO Group is getting a nearly $1 billion contract to run Delaney Hall. They tell me there is one full-time doctor for 800 detainees. They could have more doctors if they wanted to, but that's cutting into their profits."

Pretty much every regulation was created because something really bad happened and someone got hurt or killed. Deregulation advantages billionaires and huge corporations, and almost always hurts real Americans.

One of the best events of the Spring is here! @artsmia.bsky.social's #ArtInBloom is this Thursday through Sunday! The co-chair, #AmandaLuke and the President of Friends of the Institute #LizShort gave us a full run down! #Spotlight Interview! soundcloud.com/user-5879035...

MIA's Art In Bloom - Liz Short and Amanda Luke

Celebrate spring with the Friends of the Institute and Mia with a month of Art in Bloom in April! Presented by the Friends, this year’s floral festival is blooming with more family events, hands-on wo

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WARREN: I want to understand how slashing healthcare for families so Meta gets a $3b tax cut is a 'really good outcome for the American public' IRS CEO BISIGNANO: I don't see the two as correlated W: Those tax cuts were paid for by pushing people off their healthcare. Did you not follow that?

Not feeling good about giving my hard earned money to the oligarchs, to fund illegal & unnecessary "wars,"or fund any of this admin's crooked schemes. Not at all 'good.'

Chaska MN residents have been protesting every weekend for over a year now.

Please share widely!

Timothy Snyder@timothysnyder.bsky.social · 4mo ago

No Kings. Find your event for this Saturday, March 28th. www.nokings.org #NoKings

This is very sad. Immigration agents have arrested hundreds of thousands of immigrants. Left behind are their dogs, cats, bunnies & chickens. Many of these homeless pets are consigned to the streets. In MN, an animal-services agency recorded a 38% increase in stray, seized & relinquished cats & ⬇️

Choice Cuts for 3/10, Cut 1: We are getting worse at weather prediction due to Trump. Sven Sundgaard had an explanation.

Oh Alice. Picked up as a stray in Arkansas and unclaimed. She was scheduled to be euthanized but caught a break and is coming to the Twin Cities. She needs a foster home and some love. new.shelterluv.com/embed/animal...

Maryland - adopt a dog, fees waved

For the Love of Missy@missybbbobtail.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Updated: We are officially in Crisis Mode…🆘 Every dog kennel at CCAS is full &we are in need of help. www.cecilcountymd.gov/283/Animal-S... Adoption fees are waived. ❤️Can’t adopt but want to help? a.co/g03Brfm Donate: www.paypal.com/donate/?host... or account.venmo.com/u/CSFforCCAS

"People have to give birth in their homes in secret, because if they were to go to a hospital to have their baby, masked agents of the state would abduct them....This is lived reality right now. This is the country you live in." JVL and Tim Miller on what they saw in Minneapolis.

"This is Anne Frank territory; the stuff of the Stasi and East Germany, or Kosovo and Sarajevo. And the only way it ends is with victory for the regime or a reckoning for all those who waged this war against America." @jvl.bsky.social on what he saw in Minneapolis lnk.thebulwark.com/46kVMuT

What I Saw at the Battle of Minneapolis

The national media has moved on. Minnesota is still under siege.

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A female ICE thug posing as a distressed motorist in neighborhoods of Brooklyn Park (63% non-white), MN, to entrap good samaritans. This is the same MO Ted Bundy used to lure his victims to their demise.

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Friends from Minneapolis reporting to me that things are at the point where folks are being hidden in other people's houses and we are in the "again" part of "never again" which the "never" was supposed to preclude