Elections

Department overview

Responsible for administering and ensuring compliance with applicable statutes in the areas of property taxes, elections and various licenses.

Our role

  • Administers federal, state and local elections in Rice County.
  • Maintains and updates voter registration information in the Statewide Voter Registration System
  • Administers the absentee voting process for Rice County's voters
  • Canvasses election results
  • Performs accuracy testing of all county election equipment

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Election information

  1. Notice of General Election, Nov. 8, 2022
  2. Notice of Mail Ballot Procedures Dennison - 2022 general election
  3. Notice of filing for the 2022 General Election, Rice County, MN
  4. 2022 map of polling locations in Rice County
  5. 2022 polling locations with Senate districts
  6. Notice of Mail Ballot Procedures Dennison 2022

Election demographics

  1. Rice County Commissioners Districts Map

Candidate information


Candidate filings for the 2022 Minnesota General Election

A list of candidates for offices elected in the Nov. 8, 2022 Minnesota General Election can be found on the Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State's website: https://candidates.sos.state.mn.us

Candidate names are added during the filing period (Tuesday, May 17 through Tuesday, May 31) for most federal, state and county offices.

Candidate names are added during or after the filing period for local offices:

  • Offices in cities and school districts that hold primaries - Tuesday, May 17 through Tuesday, May 31.
  • Other municipal and school district offices - Tuesday, Aug. 2 through Tuesday, Aug. 16. Contact your local clerk for the correct filing period for your municipality or school district.

Candidate campaign financial reporting

Effective May 17, 2014, Minnesota statues require all local governments who accept affidavits of candidacy, nomination petitions or place questions on the ballot to make required financial reports available online. These reports will be available for four years. Links to financial reports from Rice County candidates for office are below.

Candidate campaign finance reports - 2022

  1. Campaign Finance Report - Dave Miller - Aug. 2022
  2. Campaign Finance Report - Gerald Hoisington - Aug 15 2022
  3. Campaign Finance Report - Ross Spicer - Aug. 6 2022
  4. Campaign Finance Report - Ross Spicer - June 20 2022
  5. Campaign Finance Report - Ross Spicer - May 6 2022
  6. Campaign Finance Report - Steven Hauer - August 2022
  7. Campaign Finance Report Combined - Sam Temple - August 2022
  8. Campaign Finance Report - Richard Bailey - August 2022
  9. Campaign Finance Report - John Fossum - July 2022
  10. Campaign Finance Report - Brian Mortenson - July 2022
  11. Campaign Finance Report - Jesse Thomas - July 2022
  12. Campaign Finance Report – Bongers, Roger - June 2022
  13. Campaign Finance Report - Underdahl, Steve - June 2022
  14. Campaign finance report - Peterson, Richard - June 2022
  15. Campaign Finance Report - Thomas, Jesse - May 19, 2022
  16. Campaign Finance Report - Thomas, Jesse - May 2022
  17. Campaign Finance Report Thomas, Jesse April 2022
  18. Campaign Finance Report Fossum, John February 2022
  19. Campaign Finance Report Mortenson, Brian February 2022

Candidate campaign finance reports 2020

  1. Campaign Finance Report Jim Purfeerst Aug. 8, 2020
  2. Campaign finance report Galen Malecha 11.2020
  3. Campaign finance report Jake Gillen 11.2020
  4. Campaign finance report Jeff Docken 11.2020
  5. Campaign Finance Report Jim Purfeerst 11.2020
  6. Campaign Finance Report Jim Purfeerst Oct. 22, 2020
  7. Campaign Finance Report Joe Adamek 2020
  8. Campaign Finance Report Kim Halvorson 11.2020
  9. Campaign Finance Report Kurt Wolf 2020
  10. Campaign Finance Report Michael Ludwig 11.2020
  11. Campaign Finance Report Richard Cook 11.2020
  12. Campaign Finance Report Tim Little 11.2020
  13. Campaign Finance Report William McDonald 2020