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Another presidential election cycle has come and gone. We'd like to bask in the glow of public engagement we witnessed in the past few months as nearly three out of four people of voting age in Carlton County filled out ballots. In Minnesota, we take pride in high voter-turnout and 2020 was no exception. We should celebrate that.

But we can't bask right now.

We'd like to acknowledge the extraordinary effort by election officials and volunteers during a trying cycle to make the election safe and efficient. They never get enough credit.

We'd like to praise them in many more words, but right n...