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Minnesota's ASL Voting Hotline is Back

Hotline and additional opportunities to ask your voting questions

10/27/2024 8:02:30 AM

(L-R) Members of the Outreach & Civic Engagement team: Kim Wassenaar, Patrick Vellia, Keenan Gao, Jer Loudenback, Pamela Burry, Kyle Littlepage, Riss Leitzke, and Toni Fairbanks.

Good news! The Minnesota ASL Voting Hotline is back! Do you have questions about how to find your polling station, what the voting process looks like, how to find out what is on your ballot, etc.? Call the ASL Voting Hotline at 612-293-4288 and ask.

Representatives from the Minnesota Commission of the Deaf, DeafBlind & Hard of Hearing's Outreach and Civic Engagement team will be available to answer your questions.  All specialists are deaf, deafblind, or hard of hearing and fluent in American Sign Language (ASL). 

If you call and the line is busy, please leave a message and we will respond right away. If you call after hours, we will respond the next business day. 

Full schedule

Monday, October 28: 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Tuesday, October 29: 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Wednesday, October 30: 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Thursday, October 31: 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Friday, November 1: 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Monday, November 4: 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Tuesday, November 5: 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

ASL Voting Hotline number

612-293-4288 (VP)

This hotline is also open to voters who identify as hard of hearing or as an individual with a hearing loss or similar and wish to call through their voice, amplified, or captioned phone to connect with one of our specialists.

Other ways to ask questions

The Commission's outreach and civic engagement team is also reachable through the following ways:

DeafBlind Voter's Drop In

Outreach & Civic Engagement Specialists Riss Leitzke and Patrick Vellia will be available to meet in person with members of the DeafBlind community to answer voting questions in person. Walk-ins are accepted but if you let us know you are coming (email jessalyn-akerman-frank@state.mn.us) with the time you expect to arrive, we can watch for you by the door.

Where: Dendros, 2642 University Avenue West, Suite 140, Saint Paul, MN 55114

When: Monday, November 4, 2024 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Facebook Messenger 

Send your questions by sending a private message to the Commission's Facebook account during business hours (Monday-Friday, 8 am - 5 pm), @MNCommission (Facebook)

Email

Prefer to discuss through email? Contact jessalyn.akerman-frank@state.mn.us and either Jessalyn or a specialist will respond to you.

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