Monday, May 13, 2013
The community had 84 percent of registered voters cast a ballot in the 2012 election.
Eagan had a high voter turnout in the 2012 election for a state that is itself already well above the national average. Minnesota fell to third in the country—behind only Mississippi and Wisconsin, according to data the U.S. Census Bureau made public Wednesday evening. Although it had the highest levels in the country of voter turnout in the 2008 election, the 73.2 percent of citizens who voted here in 2012 is still comfortably above the national average of 61.8. (The Census Bureau’s rates are different from those from the Minnesota Secretary of State’s Office, which lists a 76.11 percent voter turnout rate. The Census Bureau’s rate for Minnesota is listed as having a margin of error of ± 2.1 percent.) The Census Bureau didn’t provide data…
Thursday, November 15, 2012
Roughly 84 percent of registered voters in Eagan turned out to cast ballots on Tuesday, Nov. 6.
Follow Eagan Patch on Twitter | Like us on Facebook | Sign up for our daily newsletter| Blog for us Editor's Note: The following is a press release from the city of Eagan. Eagan residents take voting seriously. Perhaps that is why nearly 84 percent (83.9 percent) of registered voters in Eagan turned out to the polls on Election Day, shattering the previous high mark of 81.2 percent turnout in the 2004 presidential election. Not only did Eagan top its own record turnout, but Eagan exceeded the statewide estimate of 76 percent by a full 8 percent, and beat the national turnout of 57.5 percent by a whopping 26.5 percent. “We expected turnout would be high,” said Eagan City Clerk Christina Scipioni. “Reports from our election judges in all our…
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Turnout and same-day voter registrations have been steady all day at a number of precincts in Eagan, judges said.
Follow Eagan Patch on Twitter | Like us on Facebook | Sign up for our daily newsletter | Blog for us UPDATED, 2:50 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 6: Election officials in at least two of Eagan's voting precincts say redistricting has caused some confusion among Eagan voters, who have shown up at the wrong polling place, only to be redirected to other locations. Barbara-Ann March, an election judge in Eagan's Precinct 6A, said election staff at the polling station have had to send a limited number of voters to other precincts. Redistricting, which occurs once every decade following a national census, reshuffled many of Eagan's voting precincts this spring. Despite the difficulties, nearly 886 people had voted as of 1 p.m. at March's polling station in…
