250,000 Minnesotans have already voted. Here's what we know

[TexasTowelie]

More than a quarter of a million people have already voted in Minnesota and the record-breaking numbers are expected to surge as Election Day approaches.

“We are on track to have about 50,000 people voting prior to Election Day in Ramsey County,” said Joe Mansky, the county’s election manager. If that comes to pass, more than 15 percent of Ramsey County residents will be all done with voting before Nov. 8.

This is the first presidential election year when anyone, regardless of whether they will be absent from their voting precinct on Election Day, is allowed to cast an absentee ballot.

But there’s also something else at play among the thousands who have already cast ballots, Mansky said.

Read more: http://www.twincities.com/2016/10/28/mn-early-voting-ballot-where-to-vote-early/