Jessica Lee While campaigning for a spot on Hennepin County’s board of commissioners, Angela Conley hears the same thing again and again: Few people even know the role of the board — much less who represents them. But her pitch for a seat representing the board’s District 4, she says, makes them care about the race for the first time. Meanwhile, Conley’s opponent, incumbent Peter McLaughlin , says people are rushing to fill out ballots and elect him for another term because they’re so fired up by Donald Trump. Whatever the motivation, more people in Hennepin County are choosing to vote now than in recent primary elections, early tallies show. Roughly 15,300 people countywide have already filled out ballots ahead of the Aug. 14 deadline — almost double the total absentee count in 2016. Minneapolis voters cover about half of that total. (Election officials are keeping track of who’s voting by ward , too.) The surge in voter participation — which extends statewide — comes as a n...
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