GET OUT THE VOTE!!! You have the right to vote even if you are under guardianship or have a cognitive impairment You have the right to vote if you are under guardianship, conservatorship or if someone else has power of attorney, as long as a judge did not restrict your right to vote. You do not lose your right to vote if you have a brain injury, a developmental disability, cognitive impairment, or experience severe memory loss. Learn more here ( mnvotesinfo.sos.state.mn.us/voters/voters-in-special-circumstances/cognitive-impairment-or-under-guardianship/) about your voter rights. The Minnesota Secretary of State website ( mnvotesinfo.sos.state.mn.us/voters/) has a lot of information on voting – where you vote, how to register to vote, check your registration, request an absentee ballot, learn about your voting rights, and more. Voting hours on Election Day, Tuesday, November 4, are from 7 am to 8 pm. Senate District 57 Home Visit Oct. 22 Erich, Gail and Doug Hoffmann want you to come over! You, your state senator, representatives, city council members, school board members, Metropolitan Council representative, mayor and candidates for political office are all invited to come and talk informally about issues affecting people with disabilities and their families. This Senate District 57 legislative home visit is for Apple Valley residents and is from 6:30 - 8 pm, Wednesday, Oct. 22. Learn more and plan to attend! League of Women Voters offer voter forums All kinds of opportunities remain to meet candidates before Election Day! Get informed! Here is a link to a calendar of almost two dozen League of Women Voters forums in the next month which include legislative, school board and city council candidates. The League is also hosting a Secretary of State Candidate Forum on Tuesday, October 28 from 7 - 8:30 pm at Augsburg College. Learn more about the duties of the Secretary of State. Cant vote Nov. 4? Absentee voting options All polling locations offer voting during business hours. County and city offices will also be open Saturday, Nov. 1, 10 am to 3 pm and until 5 pm, Monday, Nov. 3. City of Minneapolis Elections will be open Sundays, Oct. 26 and Nov. 2, noon to 5 pm and from 7 am to 6 pm Monday through Friday the two weeks before the election. Ramsey County Elections will be open Saturday, Oct. 25, 8 am to 1 pm; Saturday, Nov. 1, 8 am to 3 pm; Sunday, Nov. 2 from 10 am to 2 pm; and Monday, Oct. 27 through Thursday, Oct. 30, 8 am to 7 pm.
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