Sign up here to indicate your interest in serving on a community team forming this Spring whose task will be to bring information on the various Candidates and Races to Our Community. Whether through debates, interviews, or written information, the job of this Team will be to help educate other neighbors about the people, the process, the charter amendments, as well as the dates and details of this year’s election.
Minneapolis Voter Engagement Starts NOW
In 2021 Minneapolis will vote for all municipal offices including Mayor, City Council, Park & Recreation Board, and Board of Estimate & Taxation.
Minneapolis Democrat-Farmer-Laborer Party:
This year, the entire process will be conducted virtually. To participate, register for your precinct’s virtual caucus between April 1 and April 30 at caucus.dfl.org starting April 1. Know someone who can’t register online? Tell them to call (612) 552-4215 or text “2021” to (612) 712-7461.
Once you register you will receive a postcard with a confirmation code as well as an email with a link. There, you can indicate your candidate preference as well as whether you want to be a delegate to the virtual ward and city conventions. Between May 12 and May 18 everyone who has registered can vote for their precinct’s delegates to the city and ward conventions. These delegates will then vote on the DFL endorsement for Mayor, City Council, Park & Recreation Board, and Board of Estimate and Taxation.
More information is available at minneapolis.dfl.org, including a list of candidates seeking endorsement, details about the virtual caucus process, and alternative methods to participate for residents who do not have Internet access.
Other Political Parties:
Note: KFNA has contacted the city’s other political parties and will post information about how to participate in any caucuses that they are holding. What we have received is noted below. If you have additional information about how the Republican, Green, Legal Marijuana Now*, Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis, Green, Independence**, or Libertarian*** parties are conducting caucuses for the 2021 municipal elections, please let us know at . [Read more…]
KFNA Election Day 2020 E-News
Kingfield E-Notice: 11/3/2020
- Today is the Day to VOTE! Go to MLK Park, 4055 Nicollet, to vote between 7 AM – 8 PM TODAY! * DO NOT MAIL YOUR MINNESOTA ABSENTEE BALLOT *
- 18 years old as of today? You can vote!
- New to Kingfield? You can vote!
- New to Minnesota? If you have been her since October 15th (20 days), you can vote!
- Drop in to the Kingfield Polling Party—ALL day, under two tents at MLK Park. Free hot Wildflyer Coffee brewed by our own Butter Bakery Café and lots of friendly volunteers to chat with too! Take a break from social media for some honest face-to-face social time (from 6 feet away!); wear a mask and bring you travel coffee tumbler too, please!
- Know Your Voting Rights! (From our friends at ACLU)
- If the polls close while you’re still in line, stay in line. You have the right to vote.
- If you make a mistake on your ballot, ask for a new one.
- If the machines are down at your polling place, ask for a paper ballot.
- Thank you Kingfield Votes Yard Sign Hosts for helping to remind people of the importance of (and location for) voting! Please remember to leave it in your yard following the election for volunteers to gather!
- Haven’t voted yet? Know who is on the Ballot! Don’t get caught unprepared! View the League of Women’s Voters Non-Partisan Voting Guide
- Make Sure You are Counted! Track Your Absentee or Mail Ballot Request and Return:https://mnvotes.sos.state.mn.us/AbsenteeBallotStatus.aspx
- Need help getting your ballot to the Ballot boxes? League of Women Voters volunteers are at the ready to help you! Please email . Give us your address and contact information so they can make arrangements with you to come and pick up your ballot for delivery.
A short statement about the upcoming election and potential actions in the coming days: Many of you have already cast your ballot and are looking forward to November 3rd. However, according to the high number of mail-in ballots across the country, it is very likely that the results of the election on November 3rd will not be known that day. If you are interested in when ballots can be counted in various states and when election results might be known in each please visit the following resource.
It is suggested by numerous organizations that you remain patient for the election results, and take some time to consider what your role is in society in this moment of massive social change. Shared with KFNA by our friends at Take Action MN, we would like to share the following resource with you from The Building Movement Project, which can help you reflect on your role, and the best fit for you in the weeks and months ahead. Every one of us can play a part in effecting social change and every one of us is needed to do so; figure out where you fit in.
Remember, KFNA will be available all day, election day, outside the park serving hot coffee and free conversation. Feel free to stop by and chat and we’ll be happy to discuss where you feel you best fit into this movement at this moment. We will also work to keep you updated in the coming weeks, about events and opportunities to express your 1st Amendment Rights to gather and protest, should those actions be needed. [Read more…]
A short statement about the upcoming November 3rd election from KFNA
Many of you have already cast your ballot and are looking forward to November 3rd. However, according to the high number of mail-in ballots across the country, it is very likely that the results of the election on November 3rd will not be known that day. If you are interested in when ballots can be counted in various states and when election results might be known in each please visit the following resource.
It is suggested by numerous organizations that you remain patient for the election results, and take some time to consider what your role is in society in this moment of massive social change. Shared with KFNA by our friends at Take Action MN, we would like to share the following resource with you from The Building Movement Project, which can help you reflect on your role, and the best fit for you in the weeks and months ahead. Every one of us can play a part in effecting social change and every one of us is needed to do so; figure out where you fit in.
Remember, KFNA will be available all day, election day, outside the park serving hot coffee and free conversation. Feel free to stop by and chat and we’ll be happy to discuss where you feel you best fit into this movement at this moment. We will also work to keep you updated in the coming weeks, about events and opportunities to express your 1stAmendment Rights to gather and protest, should those actions be needed.
DO NOT MAIL YOUR MINNESOTA ABSENTEE BALLOT
Please SHARE this post with those you care about all across Minnesota.
Long story short, Minnesota Voters: due to an 8th Circuit Court ruling this week, DO NOT MAIL your absentee ballot.
You have THREE options at this point, if you already have an absentee ballot to return:
- You may drop off your completed ballot by 3:00 pm on Tuesday 3 November at an authorized drop-off center–including the election office that sent you your ballot. You can also drop off ballots for three other people.
- You may vote early in-person. Every county in Minnesota has at least one early in-person vote center.
- You may vote in-person at your local polling place on Election Day from 7:00 am – 8:00 pm.
If you already mailed your ballot, track its progress here: https://mnvotes.sos.state.mn.us/AbsenteeBallotStatus.aspx. Absentee ballots already accepted by the counties are fine, and no action need be taken.
If your ballot is not received by the night of Monday 2 November, you are encouraged to go to your local polling place and cast your vote in person on 3 November. This is legal. After voting in person, the unique ballot ID number on your original absentee ballot will be invalidated, so that if it is returned to the election office the officials will not count it—even if it arrives by 8:00 pm on Tuesday 3 November.
Find your authorized drop-off center(s) and early vote center(s) in Minnesota by contacting your county’s election office:
https://www.sos.state.mn.us/…/find-county-election-office/
Find your local polling place: https://pollfinder.sos.state.mn.us/
We encourage you to copy the above and share on your own social media wall. Please share this far and wide. EVERY vote to counts!
For Kingfield (and all of Minneapolis), here are your drop-off centers: https://vote.minneapolismn.gov/voters/ballot-drop-off/…
And here are your Minneapolis early vote centers: https://vote.minneapolismn.gov/voters/vote-early-in-person/
