For best results

• View the dashboard in full screen, especially if accessing on a mobile device
• Use Chrome or Firefox as your browser

City map of wards and precincts

• Choose a map format with the drop down menu (voting precincts or wards)
• Choose a voting measure with the drop down menu (early voting rate, mail early votes, in-person early votes)
  • Early voting rate: darker green means that a higher percent of voters in the ward/precinct have voted early
  • Mail early votes: darker blue means that more mail early votes have been cast from the ward/precinct
  • In-person early votes: darker red means that more in-person early votes have been cast from the ward/precinct
• Hover over each ward/precinct to see additional information and the breakdown of how early votes have been cast (by mail, in-person, other)
• Select one or more wards from the drop down menu to focus on certain areas of city
• Use the tools in the top left to zoom in on a specific area of the map

Early votes by day

• The line at the bottom of the dashboard shows how many early votes were received each day
• Hover over the line for the number of early votes received that day and the breakdown of how those early votes have been cast (by mail, in-person, other)

Colors on the map

• Green indicates early voting rate and total early votes cast
• Blue indicates early votes cast by mail
• Red indicates early votes cast in-person
• Yellow indicates other early votes cast, including ballots processed by Hennepin County, agent deliveries, and health care facility voting

Dashboard updates

• This dashboard is updated daily throughout the early voting period
• See the timestamp from when the latest update was made in the lower right