More Than One-Third Of Elections Officials In Minnesota Are New In 2024, Data Show

By Caroline Cummings, CBS Minnesota

September 10, 2024

MANKATO, Minn. — There are eight weeks until Election Day, but the business of elections hasn't really stopped for Michael Stalberger this year.

And elections administrator isn't the only hat he wears for Blue Earth County—his official title is property and environmental resources director. Like most places in Minnesota, local elections officials do a lot of other work for their counties, too. Only nine of the state's 87 counties have full-time, year-round, "elections only" staff, according to the secretary of state's office.

Stalberger has worked in elections since 2016, but recently that role has become more heavily scrutinized as some Americans cast doubt on the integrity of our elections — and the results — post-2020.

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