More and more Minnesotans continue to request and send their ballots in early. Secretary of State Steve Simon says that shows voters are “fired up” for the mid-term elections

Simon says requests for ballots are up 209-percent over the same time frame in 2014–during the last mid-term election. And the increases in ballots requested are statewide–with the largest increases in Dakota and Olmstead Counties. Already this year, 85,000 ballots have been accepted by election officials.