Drive-thru ballot drop-off site available for Crow Wing County voters

101620.N.BD.Absenteemailballottrailer1.jpg — Charles Young casts his vote Thursday, Oct. 15, in the temporary trailer parked near the government center in downtown Brainerd.

By Steven L. Kohls

October 16, 2020 at 3:00 AM

Charles Young casts his vote Thursday, Oct. 15, in downtown Brainerd.

The drive-thru ballot drop began Oct. 14 and will be available 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday through Nov. 2. Election judges are staffed at the site in the county parking lot in front of the historic courthouse on Laurel Street. Steve Kohls / Brainerd Dispatch

By Steven L. Kohls

I was raised on a farm in western Minnesota where I participated in 4-H, high school sports, and everything that farm kids do for fun after chores. Graduated from Ridgewater Community College with an AA degree and my first taste of newspapering. I worked a summer on the Ortonville Independent as a reporter and photographer.