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Absentee Ballot Application/FPCA

For Minnesotans in the military or living abroad

About this form

To complete this form, you will need to provide:

  • Your ID number: a Minnesota driver's license or ID card or last 4 digits of Social Security number
  • An email address

You have 10 minutes to complete each step of this application. If you do not finish a step within that time, you will start over at Step 1.

Step 1. Military or overseas voter status

Application class
Relationship to voter

I am submitting this application on behalf of…

Step 2. Your name and ID

Name
Examples: Sr., Jr., IV

What characters can I enter?

  • Letters A to Z, uppercase or lowercase. Do not use letters with accents or diacritics (such as E with an accute accent or N with a tilde) or non-English characters (such as Cyrillic letters or Chinese characters).
  • Spaces
  • Hyphens: -
  • Apostrophes: '
Update your name (for voters who are already registered)
Previous name
Examples: Sr., Jr., IV

What characters can I enter?

  • Letters A to Z, uppercase or lowercase. Do not use letters with accents or diacritics (such as E with an accute accent or N with a tilde) or non-English characters (such as Cyrillic letters or Chinese characters).
  • Spaces
  • Hyphens: -
  • Apostrophes: '
Date of birth

Use numbers in the month, day and year format: zero one, thrity-one, nineteen eighty for January 31, 1980, for example.

ID number Privacy notice

Enter your Minnesota driver's license or state ID number, the last 4 digits of your Social Security number, or both.

Example: A123-456-789-123
Example: 1234

Step 3. Your address in Minnesota

Find the street address of your current Minnesota residence. If you no longer have an address in Minnesota, find your last or legal residence address in Minnesota.

County where you live or lived (last or legal residence)

What characters can I enter?

  • Letters A to Z, uppercase or lowercase. Do not use letters with accents or diacritics (such as E with an accute accent or N with a tilde) or non-English characters (such as Cyrillic letters or Chinese characters).
  • Numbers: zero through nine
  • Forward slashes: /

I cannot find my street

If you do not see your street listed:

  • Search for variations of your street's name or spelling (for example, Hwy 7 instead of Broadway).
  • Verify that you either entered the correct ZIP Code or selected the correct county, city and ZIP Code.
  • If you entered anything incorrectly, change your entries or selections.

What characters can I enter?

  • Letters A to Z, uppercase or lowercase. Do not use letters with accents or diacritics (such as E with an accute accent or N with a tilde) or non-English characters (such as Cyrillic letters or Chinese characters).
  • Numbers: zero through nine
  • Spaces
  • Hyphens: -
  • Forward slashes: /

What characters can I enter?

  • Letters A to Z, uppercase or lowercase. Do not use letters with accents or diacritics (such as E with an accute accent or N with a tilde) or non-English characters (such as Cyrillic letters or Chinese characters).
  • Numbers: zero through nine
  • Spaces
  • Hyphens: -
  • Apostrophes: '
  • Commas: ,
  • Periods: .
  • Number signs: #
  • Forward slashes: /

Step 4. Your mailing address

A mailing address where you are able to receive mail is required even if you do not choose to receive your ballots by postal mail.

Mailing address type

My mailing address is...

Mailing address

What characters can I enter?

  • Letters A to Z, uppercase or lowercase. Do not use letters with accents or diacritics (such as E with an accute accent or N with a tilde) or non-English characters (such as Cyrillic letters or Chinese characters).
  • Numbers: zero through nine
  • Spaces
  • Hyphens: -
  • Apostrophes: '
  • Commas: ,
  • Periods: .
  • Number signs: #
  • Forward slashes: /

What characters can I enter?

  • Letters A to Z, uppercase or lowercase. Do not use letters with accents or diacritics (such as E with an accute accent or N with a tilde) or non-English characters (such as Cyrillic letters or Chinese characters).
  • Numbers: zero through nine
  • Spaces
  • Hyphens: -
  • Apostrophes: '
  • Commas: ,
  • Periods: .
  • Number signs: #
  • Forward slashes: /

What characters can I enter?

  • Letters A to Z, uppercase or lowercase. Do not use letters with accents or diacritics (such as E with an accute accent or N with a tilde) or non-English characters (such as Cyrillic letters or Chinese characters).
  • Numbers: zero through nine
  • Spaces
  • Hyphens: -
  • Apostrophes: '
  • Commas: ,
  • Periods: .
  • Number signs: #
  • Forward slashes: /
Mailing address

What characters can I enter?

  • Letters A to Z, uppercase or lowercase. Do not use letters with accents or diacritics (such as E with an accute accent or N with a tilde) or non-English characters (such as Cyrillic letters or Chinese characters).
  • Numbers: zero through nine
  • Spaces
  • Hyphens: -
  • Apostrophes: '
  • Commas: ,
  • Periods: .
  • Number signs: #
  • Forward slashes: /
Examples: PSC 3 BOX 1420, Unit 100100 Box 470

What characters can I enter?

  • Letters A to Z, uppercase or lowercase. Do not use letters with accents or diacritics (such as E with an accute accent or N with a tilde) or non-English characters (such as Cyrillic letters or Chinese characters).
  • Numbers: zero through nine
  • Spaces
  • Hyphens: -
  • Apostrophes: '
  • Commas: ,
  • Periods: .
  • Number signs: #
  • Forward slashes: /

What characters can I enter?

  • Letters A to Z, uppercase or lowercase. Do not use letters with accents or diacritics (such as E with an accute accent or N with a tilde) or non-English characters (such as Cyrillic letters or Chinese characters).
  • Numbers: zero through nine
  • Spaces
  • Hyphens: -
  • Apostrophes: '
  • Commas: ,
  • Periods: .
  • Number signs: #
  • Forward slashes: /
Examples: APO AE 09021, FPO AP 96691
Mailing address

What characters can I enter?

  • Letters A to Z, uppercase or lowercase. Do not use letters with accents or diacritics (such as E with an accute accent or N with a tilde) or non-English characters (such as Cyrillic letters or Chinese characters).
  • Numbers: zero through nine
  • Spaces
  • Hyphens: -
  • Apostrophes: '
  • Commas: ,
  • Periods: .
  • Number signs: #
  • Forward slashes: /

What characters can I enter?

  • Letters A to Z, uppercase or lowercase. Do not use letters with accents or diacritics (such as E with an accute accent or N with a tilde) or non-English characters (such as Cyrillic letters or Chinese characters).
  • Numbers: zero through nine
  • Spaces
  • Hyphens: -
  • Apostrophes: '
  • Commas: ,
  • Periods: .
  • Number signs: #
  • Forward slashes: /

What characters can I enter?

  • Letters A to Z, uppercase or lowercase. Do not use letters with accents or diacritics (such as E with an accute accent or N with a tilde) or non-English characters (such as Cyrillic letters or Chinese characters).
  • Numbers: zero through nine
  • Spaces
  • Hyphens: -
  • Apostrophes: '
  • Commas: ,
  • Periods: .
  • Number signs: #
  • Forward slashes: /

Step 5. Contact info and delivery

Email Privacy notice

Your email will not be available to anyone outside the Minnesota Secretary of State's office and local election offices. If you do not want to use your email, you can complete and submit the paper version of this form instead. Federal Post Card Application (PDF)

Phone number (optional)

What characters can I enter?

  • Numbers: zero through nine
  • Plus signs: +

What characters can I enter?

A phone number must be between 10 and 16 digits in length, and may include the following characters:

  • Numbers: zero through nine
  • Parentheses: ()
  • Hyphens: -
  • Plus signs: +
Delivery method

How to you want to receive your blank ballots?

Country code: You entered invalid characters

What characters can I enter?

A phone number must be between 10 and 16 digits in length, and may include the following characters:

  • Numbers: zero through nine
  • Parentheses: ()
  • Hyphens: -
  • Plus signs: +

What characters can I enter?

  • Numbers: zero through nine
  • Plus signs: +
End date

You will automatically receive ballots for every election you're eligible to vote in until the end of the calendar year, December 31, 2024. You may specify a different date if you wish to stop receiving ballots before this.

Party for the presidential primary (optional)

This is not an official party affiliation for your voter registration.

By requesting a ballot for the presidential primary, you are in general agreement with the principles of the party you selected. You also understand the following items.
  • Your political party preference is required in order for election officials to issue you the correct ballot.
  • Your political party preference is private except it is available to the chair of the major political party that you select.
  • Election officials will also see your political party preference in the process of administering the Presidential Nomination Primary.
  • Failure to provide your political party preference means a ballot cannot be issued to you.

Step 6. Sign and submit this form

Application summary

Review your voter registration application. If you need to make changes to any of your responses, return to the beginning of the application to make edits.

To help protect your privacy, not all data is displayed.

Name
Birth year
ID number(s) provided
  • Minnesota driver's license/state ID card number
  • Last 4 digits of your Social Security number
County
Minnesota residence
Email
Phone number
Mailing address
Ballot delivery
Your blank ballots will be mailed. Your blank ballots will be emailed.

I swear or affirm, under penalty of perjury, that:

  • I am a member of the Uniformed Services or Merchant Marine on active duty, or enrolled as a student at the U.S. Naval Academy, U.S. Coast Guard Academy, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, U.S. Air Force Academy or U.S. Military Academy, or an eligible spouse or dependent of such a member or student, or a U.S. citizen temporarily residing outside the U.S., or other U.S. citizen residing outside the U.S.
  • I am a U.S. citizen, at least 18 years of age (or will be by the day of the election), eligible to vote in the requested jurisdiction.
  • I am not disqualified to vote due to having been convicted of a felony or other disqualifying offense, nor have I been adjudicated mentally incompetent; or if so, my voting rights have been reinstated.
  • I am not registering, requesting a ballot, or voting in any other jurisdiction in the United States, except the jurisdiction cited in this voting form.
  • The information on this form is true and complete to the best of my knowledge. I understand that a material misstatement of fact in completion of this document may constitute grounds for conviction of perjury.
Type your full name to sign

What characters can I enter?

  • Letters A to Z, uppercase or lowercase. Do not use letters with accents or diacritics (such as E with an accute accent or N with a tilde) or non-English characters (such as Cyrillic letters or Chinese characters).
  • Spaces
  • Hyphens: -
  • Apostrophes: '