2022 PRIMARY ELECTION: Tuesday, August 9, 2022 from 7am-8pm

2022 PRIMARY ELECTION: Tuesday August 9, 2022 from 7am-8pm

Residents within CITY LIMITS of Lindstrom vote at the Lindstrom Community Center, located at Lindstrom City Hall (13292 Sylvan Ave, Lindstrom, MN 55045). 
If you are unsure of your voting location, or if your physical address is Lindstrom but you are actually located in a township, please click below to locate your correct polling place.

https://www.chisagocountymn.gov/142/Polling-Places

NOTE:  Absentee voting must be done at the Chisago County Auditor's office.  Voters CANNOT request, submit or cast an absentee ballot at their polling location.  For information on absentee voting, click here: https://www.chisagocountymn.gov/140/Absentee-Voting

Click below for the Chisago County website for additional voting information, such as registration, absentee voting, elected officials, and more.

https://www.chisagocountymn.gov/139/Voting-Election-Information

REMINDER: Because of the election, the Lindström Driver’s Exam Station will be CLOSED on Tuesday, August 9th, 2022.  If you have scheduled an exam for this date, you will need to reschedule.  Walk in exams will not be available.  To reschedule an exam or if you have questions, please contact MN Driver’s Public Safety at 651-284-1234 or drive.mn.gov

WHAT IS A PRIMARY ELECTION?

A primary election determines which candidates will be on the ballot in the November general election.
For example, five candidates from one political party might run for governor.  Only one candidate can be on the ballot in November.  The winner of the August primary election will represent their party on the November election ballot.
 

There may be two kinds of offices on your primary ballot: partisan offices and nonpartisan offices.

PARTISAN OFFICES:
Partisan offices will list a political party next to a candidate’s name on the ballot.  All state and federal offices—such as U.S. representative or Minnesota senator—are partisan offices.
Partisan candidates will be listed in multiple columns on the primary ballot. Each column will list the candidates for one major party.  For a list of Minnesota’s major political parties, click here: https://www.sos.state.mn.us/elections-voting/how-elections-work/political-parties/
 

You can only vote for candidates from one political party. If you vote for candidates from more than one political party, YOUR VOTES WILL NOT COUNT.  You decide when you vote which one of the parties you will vote for—Minnesota does not have political party registration.

NONPARTISAN OFFICES:
Nonpartisan offices will not list a political party next to a candidate’s name on the ballot.  For example, county, city, township and school board offices are nonpartisan.

Nonpartisan offices will be listed on the back side of the primary ballot.  You can vote for any candidate.  The candidates who get the most votes will be on the November general election ballot.

ADDITIONAL PRIMARY ELECTION INFORMATION:

To learn more about how primary elections work, click here: https://www.sos.state.mn.us/elections-voting/how-elections-work/primary-election/


For more information on Lindström elections, click here:  https://www.cityoflindstrom.us/administration/pages/election-information