明尼苏达提前投票已收728,961张选票：超2022年全程，明市破非总统年纪录
明尼苏达州州务卿办公室公布，截至10月29日营业结束，明尼苏达州已接受728,961张选票，其中483,520张为现场提前投票、245,441张为邮寄返回选票，本次投票自9月18日开始。这一数字已超过2022年中期选举全年接受的673,360张缺席与邮寄选票。
州务卿办公室同时表示，全州已发放948,465张缺席与邮寄选票，仍有超过208,000张尚未返回。提前投票点在10月31日与11月1日上午9时至下午3时开放，11月2日开放至下午5时；选举日为11月3日，全州多数投票站上午7时开放、晚上8时关闭。
明尼阿波利斯市同样刷新纪录：据明尼阿波利斯市选举与选民服务部门10月29日公布，截至10月28日营业结束，该市已接受52,661张选票，超过2018年创下的52,313张非总统年纪录，较2022年同期高约79.8%。
（来源：明尼苏达州州务卿办公室）
Minnesota Early Voting Reaches 728,961 Ballots: Past the 2022 Total, With Minneapolis Setting a Non-Presidential-Year Record
Minnesota's Secretary of State announced that, as of the close of business on October 29, 728,961 Minnesotans had voted in the November 3 election, with 483,520 ballots cast in person and 245,441 returned by mail since voting began on September 18. The total already exceeds the 673,360 absentee and mail ballots accepted in the entire 2022 midterm election.
Local election officials have distributed 948,465 absentee and mail ballots, and more than 208,000 remain unreturned. Early voting locations were open October 31 and November 1 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and on November 2 until 5 p.m.; on Election Day, November 3, most polling places open at 7 a.m. and close at 8 p.m.
Minneapolis also set a record: the city's Elections and Voter Services office reported 52,661 ballots accepted as of the close of business on October 28, passing the non-presidential-year record of 52,313 set in 2018 and up about 79.8% from the same point in 2022.
(Source: Minnesota Secretary of State)
来源：明尼苏达州州务卿办公室
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