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Ensuring secure elections and engaging voters of all ages
MPR News host Angela Davis and her guests talk about how election officials ensure your vote is secure and accurately counted. And they talk about what they do to engage voters of all ages.
Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon on ballot misprints in Zumbro Falls, Faribault County
Some voters in Zumbro Falls, a town of 155 people in southeastern Minnesota, received the wrong ballots in the mail ahead of the November election. The error comes just days after the Minnesota Secretary of State's office announced a ballot misprint in Faribault County.
Harris heads to Pittsburgh (again) to make a manufacturing pitch to voters
Vice President Kamala Harris is trying to win over undecided voters in key swing states like Pennsylvania. Former President Donald Trump also talked about manufacturing policy on Tuesday in Georgia.
Minnesota Poll: Broad confidence of accurate vote count, but deep split over absentee voting
Nearly eight in 10 Minnesotans surveyed for a new MPR News, KARE 11 and Minnesota Star Tribune poll have high to moderate confidence of an accurate vote count in the November election. They’re more split over the safeguards around absentee and mail-in voting.
Minnesota Poll: Only small fraction of Minnesotans say they’ve used cannabis recently despite legalization
The latest MPR News, KARE 11 and Minnesota Star Tribune poll shows, despite adult cannabis use now being legal in Minnesota only 14 percent of respondents reported using it in the last month. The poll also found a majority of those surveyed support legalization of cannabis on a national level.  
Ryan Routh is charged with attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump
In addition to attempting to assassinate a presidential candidate, Routh was charged with possessing a firearm in furtherance of a violent crime and assaulting a federal officer.