Just under seven-and-a-half percent of Minnesotans turned out to vote during last Tuesday’s primary election.
Secretary of State Steve Simon says 294,797 voters cast ballots in the primary–resulting in a turnout rate of 7.43-percent.
There are three-million-967-thousand-sixty-one eligible voters in Minnesota.
There will be no publicly funded recounts for any state or federal elected offices. All federal and statewide races had vote margins greater than one-quarter of one percent, and all legislative races had vote margins greater than one-half of one percent — the statutorily defined difference needed for candidates to request a publicly funded recount.
The State Canvassing Board members are Secretary Simon; Associate Justice David L. Lillehaug, Minnesota Supreme Court; Associate Justice Margaret H. Chutich; Assistant Chief Judge Kathryn D. Messerich, First Judicial District; and Judge Erica H. MacDonald, First Judicial District.
Official Voter Statistics for the August 9 Primary:
7.43 percent turnout. Previous turnout rates in Minnesota primaries:
- 2014 — 10.37 percent
- 2012 — 9.61 percent
- 2010 — 15.93 percent
- 2008 — 11.26 percent
294,797 total voters. Previous voter numbers in Minnesota primaries:
- 2014 — 401,878
- 2012 — 359,682
- 2010 — 606,394
- 2008 — 419,474
42,210 mail and absentee ballots cast. Previous mail and absentee ballots cast in Minnesota primaries:
- 2014 — 32,710
- 2012 — 19,624*
- 2010 — 31,276*
- 2008 — 21,160*
*Note: Statistics for 2012, 2010, and 2008 do not include mail ballots.