Hennepin Co. disputes NFL announcement, says U.S. Bank Stadium won’t be a 2022 voting site

By KSTP
US Bank Stadium (File)

UPDATE 10/10/22 – Hennepin County officials say although the NFL announced that U.S. Bank Stadium would be a voting site during the 2022 election this past weekend, that isn’t the case.

Monday, Carolyn Marinan, the Chief Public Relations Officer for Hennepin County, disputed the NFL’s Saturday announcement.

Marinan said the same issue “apparently happened in the 2020 election as well.”

A news release sent by the NFL in August said as part of the NFL Votes initiative, all 30 NFL stadium are available to be used for election-related activities, if they were needed by local election officials. The release went on to say stadiums served as early voting, drop-off and Election Day polling sites during the 2020 election.

A previous version of this report can be found below.

INITIAL REPORT 10/9/22 – U.S. Bank Stadium is among the venues the NFL announced as voting sites on Saturday, one month before the 2022 midterm elections.

Through its NFL Votes campaign, the league is encouraging fans to vote in November. Visit THIS LINK for more information on the initiative, which began in 2020.

KSTP has reached out to stadium representatives for more information about the polling process. Check back for updates and stay with 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS for all of your 2022 election coverage.

See all NFL stadium polling sites in the tweet below.