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MARSHALL -- Voters in Lyon County continued to cast early ballots over the weekend and into Monday, Lyon County Auditor/Treasurer John Xiong said. On Monday, the total of early ballots received by the Auditor/Treasurer's Office was at 948, Xiong said.
By Monday, there were also a total of 2,379 absentee and mail-in ballots cast in Lyon County.
This is the first year that Minnesota has had early voting, and the county Auditor/Treasurer's Office had special hours on Saturday and Sunday to help accommodate voters. Xiong said there were a total of 36 voters who came to the Lyon County Government Center on Saturday, and 33 on Sunday.
Early voting closed at the end of the day Monday. Polling places around Lyon County will be open today for residents to vote for national, state and local offices. At the federal level, area residents will be voting to choose a U.S. senator, and a U.S. representative for Congressional District 7. State offices on the ballot will include Minnesota governor, and offices like secretary of state, state auditor and attorney general, as well as seats for state Legislature.
In Lyon County, seats up for election include two county commissioners, Lyon County Sheriff and county attorney, and soil and water conservation supervisors in two districts.
Lyon County cities, including the cities of Balaton, Cottonwood, Florence, Garvin, Ghent, Lynd, Marshall, Minneota, Russell, Taunton and Tracy will all be holding city council elections. The Marshall, Minneota, Lynd, Lakeview, Russell-Tyler-Ruthton and Tracy school districts will all be holding school board elections. In addition, Lynd Public Schools will have a referendum on whether to increase its general education revenue by $700 per pupil.
A total of 11 Lyon County townships will be holding elections for township offices. Township elections will be held in Amiret, Eidsvold, Fairview, Grandview, Lynd, Monroe, Nordland, Rock Lake, Shelburne, Sodus and Westerheim Townships.
Local polling places open
On Tuesday, polling places in Lyon County will be open from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m. Not all Lyon County cities and townships have in-person polling places, the Lyon County Auditor/Treasurer's Office said.
Communities with in-person voting include the cities of Balaton, Cottonwood, Minneota, Marshall, Russell, Lynd and Tracy; and Clifton, Island Lake, Lynd, Lyons, Nordland and Westerheim Townships.
The city of Marshall has three different polling places. Residents of Marshall Ward 1 will vote at the Red Baron Arena. Marshall Ward 2's polling place is the Marshall Middle School, and Ward 3's polling place is the Marshall Area YMCA.
In Balaton, the polling place is the Balaton Community Center.
The city of Minneota, Nordland Township and Westerheim Township will all go to the Minneota Community Center to vote.
The polling place for the City of Russell, Island Lake Township and Lyons Township is at the Russell Community Center.
Both Lynd Township and the City of Lynd will go to Lynd City Hall to vote.
The polling place for the city of Tracy will be at the Veterans Memorial Center.
Clifton Township's polling place will be at the Clifton Township Hall, at 3051 Lyon County Road 6.
Lyon County has a total of 18 voting precincts that have opted to have mail-in ballots instead of in-person polling places, according to the Lyon County Auditor/Treasurer's Office. The Auditor/Treasurer's Office, located on the second floor of the Lyon County Government Center in Marshall, is the polling place for mail ballot precincts.
The list of mail ballot precincts in Lyon County includes the cities of Florence, Garvin, Ghent and Taunton; and Amiret, Coon Creek, Custer, Eidsvold, Fairview, Grandview, Lake Marshall, Lucas, Monroe, Rock Lake, Shelburne, Sodus, Stanley and Vallers Townships.