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Minnesota

A dated list of changes to how Americans vote: district maps, polling places and drop boxes, voting laws and rules, and courts and election officials. Each entry says who did what and when, shows what became of it, and links to the page it rests on. Attempts that failed are listed as failed. Entries that rest on a news report name the outlet.

This is the state view: events recorded for Minnesota, then national events that apply here. See the national timeline.

Congressional districts in Minnesota

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In Minnesota

2012

  1. Feb 21, 2012 State Maps and lines Decided by a court

    Special Redistricting Panel orders new legislative and congressional districts in Hippert v. Ritchie

    The Legislative Coordinating Commission's redistricting site states that the legislative districts for 2012 were ordered by the Minnesota Supreme Court Special Redistricting Panel in Hippert v. Ritchie, case No. A11-152, on February 21, 2012, using 2010 Census data.

    Related: Special Redistricting Panel adopts new congressional districts and enjoins use of the old ones · Special Redistricting Panel orders new congressional and legislative districts in Zachman v. Kiffmeyer

    Source last checked Oct 20, 2026

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How this timeline is built

Every entry rests on at least one source that was opened and read, and that source states the date and the fact. Courts, legislatures, election offices, the Justice Department, the Census Bureau, the Federal Register and Congress.gov come first. A news report is used only when no official page states the fact, and it is labeled with the outlet's name. Encyclopedias are not used as sources. History starts in 1965 with the Voting Rights Act. County names come from the Census Bureau's 2024 Gazetteer. Congressional district numbers are those in use for the 2026 election; an event is tagged to a district only when its source names that congressional district.

When a later event changes an earlier one, such as a law later struck down, both entries are listed and point to each other. This page does not predict outcomes or say which party a change helps. U.S. House maps for 2026 · Back to the 2026 voting center.