History
Voting in MN
Why does it matter?
Sample Ballot
100

In early times, the group of people that were allowed to vote.

What are white male landowners?

100

You must be this age to vote in Minnesota. 

What is 18 years old?

100

The percent of registered voters that actually vote. 

What is 66%?

100

This shows you what your ballot will look like on election day. 

What is a Sample Ballot?

200

It gives the right to vote to men of color.

What is the 15th Amendment?

200

Something you must bring on election day in order to vote.

What is a form of ID?

200
The system we use in the United States to make sure everyone has a voice.

What is the Electoral College?

200

This is where you can find your personalized sample ballot. 

What is online at vote.minneapolis.gov?

300

This extended the right to vote to all US citizens aged 18 and older. 

What is the 26th Amendment?

300

If you are 16 or 17 in Minnesota, this is something you can do that will prepare you for voting when you are old enough. 

What is pre-registering/pre-registration?

300

This determines the number of votes a state receives in the Electoral College.

What is a population?

300

Any two positions on the ballot.

What are (any two of these) U.S. president, U.S. senator, U.S. representative, State Representative, County Commissioner, Minneapolis School Board, and Judicial Seats?

400

Legislation that gave American Indians the right to vote.

What is the Indian Citizenship Act?

400

This form of voting happens by mail.

What is an absentee ballot?

400

The median age of the voting population in America.

What is 38?

400

Can you bring your sample ballot on election day? (yes or no)

What is yes?

500

Four ways that the states limited African American men's right to vote.

What are literacy tests, poll taxes, intimidation, and grandfather clauses?

500

The number of days that you must be a resident of Minnesota to vote in Minnesota. 

What is 20 days?

500

This demographic had the fastest-growing population of voters in the 2020 Election.

What are Hispanics?

500

The number of days before an election that a sample ballot is available. 

What is 45 days?

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