You’ve probably heard of pop-up stores — in which a retail store temporarily pops up in a high-traffic area to test a market or product. Minnesota is jumping on that concept to attract people to vote, rather than buy tennis shoes or yoga pants, at pop-up voting sites.
State lawmakers last year passed legislation allowing cities and counties to set up temporary voting sites where people can vote during different hours and days than already offered at permanent sites. It was part of a wider effort by Democrats to make voting easier, by passing laws allowing things like automatic voter registration, restoration of felons’ voting rights upon release and a permanent absentee voter list.
A dozen Minnesota communities from McGregor to St. Louis Park are offering pop-up polling places this year, according to a spokesman for the secretary of state’s office.
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