For Immediate Release
Contact: Lyon County Auditor/Treasurer’s Office at (507) 537-6724or elections@co.lyon.mn.us
PRESS RELEASE
ABSENTEE VOTING AND MAIL BALLOT PRECINCTS
MARSHALL (June 17, 2026)
Absentee Voting
The Primary Election is on August 11, 2026. The Lyon County Auditor/Treasurer’s office is open Monday through Friday from 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM for absentee voting for the Primary Election. Absentee voting starts on Friday, June 26th and continues through Monday, August 10th.
The Auditor/Treasurer’s office will also be open for absentee voting on Saturday, August 8th from 9:00 AM until 3:00 PM and will be open until 5:00 PM on Monday, August 10th.
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Mail Ballot Precincts and Procedures
Eighteen (18) of the thirty-three (33) precincts in Lyon County have elected to vote by mail ballot.
Mail ballot precincts include the cities of Florence, Garvin, Ghent, Taunton and the townships of Amiret, Coon Creek, Custer, Eidsvold, Fairview, Grandview, Lake Marshall, Lucas, Monroe, Rock Lake, Shelburne, Sodus, Stanley, and Vallers.
If you live in one of these mail ballot precincts and are registered to vote at your current address, you will receive your ballot in the mail approximately one month prior to each election. Election officials send ballots to all registered voters using non-forwardable mail. Ballots are sent between 46 to 14 days before the election.
No later than 14 days before the election, the auditor must make a subsequent mailing of ballots to those voters who register to vote after the initial mailing but before the 20th day before the election
A postage-paid return mailing envelope, a ballot secrecy envelope and instructions for marking and returning the ballot were included with each ballot.
All mail ballots require the signature of a witness on the signature envelope. Follow the instructions that are included with your ballot.
You can return your ballot by mail, in person or by asking someone else to return it for you (this person cannot deliver more than 3 ballots) to the Lyon County Auditor/Treasurer’s office on the 2nd floor of the Government Center at 607 West Main Street in Marshall. The address will be printed on the voting materials.
Ballots returned in person must be delivered by 8:00 p.m. on Election Day. Mailed ballots must arrive on or before Election Day.
The polling place for mail ballot precincts is the Auditor/Treasurer’s office and polls will be open on Tuesday, August 11th from 7:00 am to 8:00 pm.
If you are absent from your precinct during the mail balloting period, you can still vote absentee. Apply online for an absentee ballot application at https://www.sos.state.mn.us/elections-voting/other-ways-to-vote/vote-early-by-mail/
Additional information is available at www.lyonco.org/election-information or by contacting the Lyon County Auditor/Treasurer’s office at 507-537-6724, option 4 or elections@co.lyon.mn.us.
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