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MSBA staff|Oct 5, 2016

As a reminder, per Minnesota Statute 204C.04, “every employee who is eligible to vote in an election has the right to be absent from work for the necessary time to appear at the employee’s polling place, cast a ballot, and return to work on the day of that election, without penalty or deduction from salary or wages because of the absence.” Therefore, employees may take paid time off to vote in a covered election anytime during their work day (morning, afternoon, or evening). Elections covered by this statute include “any regularly schedul...