MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A web site that Minnesotans can use to trace their absentee ballots went down for greater than an hour Saturday morning, simply three days earlier than the election.

The Secretary of State’s workplace cites an obvious {hardware} problem impacting the web instruments for voters and a few performance within the voter registration system. However the programs had been restored by round 10:15 a.m. The poll monitoring web site has seen an surge of use as a file variety of Minnesotans vote early.

Officers have urged Minnesotans to drop off their absentee ballots now or to vote early following a courtroom ruling Thursday