Photo by Deb Gau Printouts from voting equipment are checked during a public accuracy test at the Lyon County Government Center on Friday. The test checks to see that electronic voting equipment is working and correctly tabulating ballots. In Minnesota, counties and cities must hold a public accuracy test within 14 days of every election.

MARSHALL — Lyon County residents will be heading to the polls Tuesday to vote in congressional, state and local elections. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. at a total of 12 locations in Lyon County.

Polls will open in the cities of Balaton, Cottonwood, Marshall, Minneota and Russell. The townships of Clifton, Monroe and Lynd will also have physical polling locations this year. The Lyon County Auditor/Treasurer’s office at the Lyon County Government Center will be the polling place for mail ballot precincts.

Preparations for Tuesday’s election started weeks in advance, said Lyon County Auditor/Treasurer Aurora Heard. The auditor/treasurer’s office has also been busy with the number of early and absentee votes being received this fall. By Nov. 4, a total of 2,293 ballots had been received and accepted, Heard said. More than 900 of those ballots had been received over the past two weeks.

“It has been really busy,” Heard said.

Another important task for the county auditor/treasurer’s office was to test that electronic voting equipment was working properly and accurately. In addition to conducting preliminary accuracy tests, the auditor/treasurer’s office held a public accuracy test Friday at the Lyon County Government Center. During the public accuracy test, a set of test ballots with predetermined results were scanned by county voting equipment. Then, workers checked the machines’ tabulations to see if they matched the test results.

This year, Lyon County residents will also be able to follow along with the election results online, Heard said. The county will be using an Election Night Reporting application to share results as they come in on Tuesday night. People interested in seeing election night results can go to the Lyon County website, www.lyonco.org, after 8 p.m. Tuesday.

Where do I vote?

The Minnesota Secretary of State’s Office has an online polling place finder that can help members of the public find where they should vote. The polling place finder is available at https://pollfinder.sos.state.mn.us.

A total of 11 voting precincts in Lyon County have in-person polling places this year. They include the Balaton Community Center for the city of Balaton; the Cottonwood Community Center for the city of Cottonwood; the Red Baron Arena for Marshall Ward 1; Marshall Middle School for Marshall Ward 2; the Marshall Area YMCA for Marshall Ward 3; the Minneota Community Center for the city of Minneota and Nordland and Westerheim Townships; the Russell Community Center for the city of Russell and Island Lake and Lyons Townships; the Veterans Memorial Center for the city of Tracy, the Clifton Township Hall for Clifton Township; the Wheels Across the Prairie Museum for Monroe Township; and Lynd City Hall for Lynd Township.

A total of 18 townships and cities in Lyon County opted to have mail-in ballots this year, the county auditor/treasurer’s office said. The auditor/treasurer’s office, located on the second floor of the Lyon County Government Center, is the polling place for these precincts.

Mail ballot precincts in Lyon County for this election include the cities of Florence, Garvin, Ghent, Lynd and Taunton; and Amiret, Coon Creek, Custer, Eidsvold, Fairview, Grandview, Lake Marshall, Lucas, Rock Lake, Shelburne, Sodus, Stanley and Vallers townships.

What’s on the ballot?

Tuesday’s election include races for U.S. Congressional District 7, Minnesota state legislators and state offices including judicial offices, governor and attorney general. There are also county, city, township and school district elections taking place.

In addition to choosing new representatives, voters in the Marshall Public School district and the city of Russell will each have additional questions on the ballot. MPS is holding an operating referendum, and is asking voters to weigh in on raising the school district’s general education revenue by $675 per pupil.

The city of Russell is asking voters if the Russell City Council should be allowed to issue on-sale licenses for the sale of liquor on Sundays.

Who’s on the ballot in Lyon County?

U.S. Cong. District 7

• Travis “Bull” Johnson, Legal Marijuana Now party

• Michelle Fischbach, Republican

• Jill Abahsain, DFL

State Senator District 15

• Gary Dahms, Republican

• Anita Gaul, DFL

State Rep. District 15A

• Chris Swedzinski, Republican

• Keith VanOverbeke, DFL

Governor/Lt. governor

• Steve Patterson and Matt Huff, Grassroots – Legalize Cannabis party

• James McCaskel and David Sandbeck, Legal Marijuana Now party

• Scott Jensen and Matt Birk, Republican

• Tim Walz and Peggy Flanagan, DFL

• Hugh McTavish and Mike Winter, Independence-Alliance party

• Gabrielle M. Prosser and Kevin A. Dwire – Socialist Workers party

Secretary of State

• Kim Crockett, Republican

• Steve Simon, DFL

State Auditor

• Will Finn, Grassroots – Legalize Cannabis party

• Tim Davis, Legal Marijuana Now party

• Ryan Wilson, Republican

• Julie Blaha, DFL

Attorney General

• Jim Schultz, Republican

• Keith Ellison, DFL

Lyon Co. Comm. District 1

• Thomas Dean Andries

• Charles Sanow

Lyon Co. Comm. District 2

• Todd Draper

• David Sturrock

Lyon Co. Comm. District 3

• Paul Graupmann

Lyon County Sheriff

• Eric Wallen

Lyon County Attorney

• Abby Wikelius

Soil/Water Super. District 2

• Allen Deutz

Soil/Water Super. District 4

• John Lanoue

Amiret Town Super. seat 3

• Jason Ormberg

Balaton Mayor

• Lonnie Lambertus Sr.

Balaton Council (elect 2)

• Dylan Fricke

• Curtis Paradis

• Shirley Wilson

Cottonwood Mayor

• Corey Moseng

Cottonwood Council (elect 2)

• Joel Dahl

• Shawn Myers

Eidsvold town super. seat 2

• Lance Boerboom

Eidsvold town super. seat 3

• Eric Buysse

Eidsvold town treasurer

• Trent Hennen

Fairview town super. seat 1

• Derek Rignell

Fairview town super. seat 2

• Kenny Bossuyt

Florence Mayor

• Susan Johnson

Florence Council (elect 2)

• Charles Anderson

• Troy Lange

Garvin Mayor

• Jim Julien

Garvin Council (elect 2)

• Joe Stefanick

• Paulette Stefanick

Ghent Mayor

• Doug Anderson

• Jeffrey Gruhot

Ghent Council (elect 2)

• Zachary Boerboom

• Adam DeRoode

Grandview Super. seat 1

• Thomas Welsh

Grandview super. Seat 3

• Daren Van Keulen

Grandview town treasurer

• Pat VanKeulen

Lynd Council (elect 2)

• Diane Boe

• Josh Bruley

• David Reaves

Lynd Town Super. seat 1

• Donald Girard

Lynd town super. seat 3

• Larry Evans

Lynd Town treasurer

• Ronald Prorok

Marshall Council ward 1

• John Alcorn

Marshall Council ward 2

• See Moua-Leske

Marshall Council ward 3

• Craig Schafer

Minneota Mayor

• John Rolbiecki

Minneota Council (elect 2)

• Timothy Koppien

• Nancy Reisdorfer

Monroe town super. Seat 2

• Steve Hansen

• Jane Muedeking

Nordland Town Super. Seat 1

• Allan Telste

Nordland town super. seat 3

• Bruce Jeremiason

Nordland town treasurer

• Shirley Maeyaert

Rock Lake town super. seat 1

• Troy Lawrence Wendland

Rock Lake town super. seat 2

• LeRoy Johnson

Rock Lake town treasurer

• Mary Jo Henkel

Russell Mayor

• Hilary Buchert

Russell Council (elect 2)

• Glen Grant

• Matt Kerkaert

• Joel Van Damme

Shelburne town Super. seat 1

• Troy Chandler

Shelburne town super. seat 2

• Pat O’Toole

Shelburne town treasurer

• Joy Wichmann

Sodus town super. seat 2

• Gary Lavoy

Sodus town supervisor seat 3

• Bradley Paradis

Sodus town treasurer

• Larry Labat

Taunton Mayor

• Mike Breyfogle

Taunton Council (elect 2)

• Laurie Fales

• Jim Pesch

Tracy Mayor

• Tony Peterson

Tracy Council (elect 3)

• Jeri Schons

• Dave Tiegs

Special election for Tracy Council

• Tom Dobson

Westerheim town super. seat 2

• Jon Buysse

Westerheim town super. seat 3

• Ross Thompson

Westerheim town treasurer

• Jerik Gossen

Lakeview school board (elect 4)

• Alan Grube

• Korey Herrick

• Vicki Myers

• Joel Timm

Marshall school board (elect 3)

• Heather Anderson

• Sara Brink

• Jeff Chapman

• Trudy Madetzke

• Sara Runchey

• Anne Marie Vorbach

• Ben Walker

Minneota school board (elect 4)

• Katie Boettger

• Christa Bouwman

• Jon Buysse

• Emily Coequyt

• Martin Hennen

• Lacy Richards

• Thomas Skorczewski

• Abby Thostenson

• Jery Whortenbury

Lynd school board (elect 3)

• Mark DeJaeghere

• Bob Elton

• Crystal Pochardt

• Ryan Rathman

Milroy School Board (elect 3)

• Scot Bowman

• Kathleen Kesteloot

• Sara Lipetzky

• Adam Snyder

RTR School Board, Russell

• Matt Kerkaert

RTR School Board, Ruthton

• Nick Johansen

• Alan Matzner

Tracy Area School Board (elect 3)

• Jody Bauer

• Rodney Benson

• Megan Gernentz

• Ryan Verlinde