What to know about Election Day

Polls opened at a m across the state Tuesday as voters head to cast their ballots in mayoral city council and school district races MPR News has compiled what you need to know about what s on the ballot how to vote and more Voters in Minneapolis will have candidates to choose from on polling day St Paul voters will choose from five candidates Both cities have incumbent mayors who are trying for rare third terms Once polls close at p m results will start to trickle in WCCO TV is tracking the live vote count In addition to the races in the Twin Cities voters in dozens of school districts will decide what will happen to requests to raise taxes to help pay for improvements to schools and programs St Paul will be shifting its city elections to even years after this year KARE reports a ballot question approved by St Paul voters will shift future municipal elections from odd years to even years in order to match the cycle of federal elections That means the next mayor will serve a three-year term and that future mayoral elections will coincide with presidential elections which tend to garner to to three times the turnout as current St Paul city elections As group members across the state come together to advocacy those in need amid the executive shutdown a southern Minnesota city is also taking action KTTC writes the Rochester City Council on Monday unanimously approved a council initiated action to allocate from its contingency funds to patronage Channel One Regional Food Group The post What to know about Electoral contest Day appeared first on MinnPost