Pine County Elections Office Request a ballot

Pine County, Minnesota

Add your mark to the count.

Register to vote, or request your absentee ballot and vote from home. One mark, one voice, one Pine County.

Request your absentee ballot Find your polling place

Voter registration is open year-round at the Elections Office. Absentee ballots can be requested ahead of each election.

What the office does

Five lines on the tally sheet.

Registration, absentee ballots, polling places, results and candidate filings — every one of them handled in person and by mail by the Pine County Elections Office.

A voter completing a paper registration form at a table in a community hall
Registering at a community hall

Absentee ballot request

Add your tally by mail.

Tell us where to send your ballot. Vote at your kitchen table, on your own schedule, and still be counted with your neighbors.

Requests are processed by the Pine County Elections Office. Not registered yet? Register to vote first — the office can help with either step.

  1. 01

    Request

    Send in your request and the Elections Office reviews it before mailing anything out.

  2. 02

    Receive

    Your ballot arrives by mail with return instructions and a return envelope.

  3. 03

    Return

    Complete your ballot and return it so it reaches the office by the deadline for your election.

An elections official sorting absentee ballot envelopes at a work table
Processing absentee returns

Results & filings

Every return, tallied in the open.

Unofficial numbers are posted as precincts report. Official results follow the county canvass.

Candidate filings

Candidates file an affidavit of candidacy with the Elections Office during the state filing period. Filings are posted by district once the filing period closes and the ballot names are set.

A polling place set up with voting booths in a community room
Polling booths set before opening

A return is not a result until it has been through three stages. Here is the path every ballot takes, from the precinct table to the certified county total.

  1. 01
    Election night

    Precinct tallies reported

    Poll workers report each precinct’s count to the Elections Office as the polls close.

  2. 02
    As ballots arrive

    Absentee and mail ballots added

    Absentee and mail ballots accepted by the office are added to the running county totals.

  3. 03
    Official

    Returns canvassed and certified

    The county canvass reviews the returns, and certified totals replace the unofficial numbers.

Unofficial results are posted as precincts report and are replaced by official totals after the county canvass.

Next step

Your mark belongs on the board.

Register, request your ballot, and join your neighbors in the Pine County count.

Request your absentee ballot Find your polling place
A completed ballot being dropped into a ballot box
A ballot goes into the box