How to register to vote on Election Day

To register to vote on the day of the election:

If you are not able to pre-register, you can register on election day. To do so, you must provide election judges at your polling location with certain forms of ID to prove your eligibility, such as:

• A Minnesota Driver's License, Learner's Permit, Identification Card or temporary receipt with your current address, or
• One of the following documents that contains your name and photo: Minnesota driver's license or identification card with a previous address, US passport, US military ID card or student ID card from a Minnesota college AND a current bill for electric, water, gas, telephone, cable TV, sewer or solid waste service that shows your name and current address, or
• Another registered voter living in your precinct who will come to the polling location with you to vouch for your residency.

Where to register and vote

• Call the Hennepin County Elections Office at 612.348.5151 or
• go online to the Voting Place locator - you can enter your address, or your municipality and the online database will tell you where to vote. Find it at http://www2.co.hennepin.mn.us/voterinfo/options.jsp or
• follow this link to the Secretary of State's "where to vote" mainpage

You can register and vote in Hennepin County if you are:

• at least 18 years old on the day of the election
• a citizen of the United States
• a resident of Minnesota for at least 20 days before the election