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Maricopa County won’t finish ballot counting until next week
The fate of three close statewide propositions may not be known until next week as Maricopa County elections officials need more time to process early and provisional ballots.
Medical marijuana still trails by 3,300 votes
Arizona’s medical marijuana proposition is still losing by more than 3,300 votes, a gap that has stayed relatively steady over the last 24 hours. But it’s still too close to call Proposition 203, as 78,000 early and provisional ballots remain to be counted.
Medical marijuana opponents see advantage inch up
Opponents of a measure to legalize medical marijuana in Arizona saw their advantage grow slightly Saturday as election officials continue to count ballots.
Election night just the beginning for counties with piles of early ballots
Early ballots will be the first tallied on election night. And if history is a guide, they will also be among the last.
Friday is deadline for requesting an early ballot
Arizonans who want to vote in the Nov. 2 election by early ballot face a Friday deadline for requesting a ballot.
Registration deadline looms for Nov. 2 election
The deadline for Arizonans to register to vote in the Nov. 2 general election is midnight on Monday.
Early voter ballots slow in returning
Election officials say early primary voter ballots are slow to return in the state's metropolitan areas.
Early voter stats for Maricopa County
Maricopa County elections officials forecast that 30 percent of the county's 1.8 million registered voters will cast ballots for the sales tax special election. Karen Osborne, county elections director, attributed the high estimate to the large number of registered early voters and the degree of interest in the sales tax referendum. Roughly 700,000 Maricopa County voters receive early ballots in t[...]
Counties mailing early ballots on sales tax
County elections officials across Arizona are mailing early ballots to voters for the May 18 special election on a proposed temporary sales tax increase to help balance the state budget.
Delay in tax referral may cause election complications
If lawmakers are going to put Gov. Jan Brewer's temporary tax hike proposal on the November ballot, they may want to do it soon. Maricopa County must order the paper for its ballots by July 16 in order to comply with the 26-day early-voting period mandated by Arizona law, according to Maricopa County Elections Director Karen Osborne. The orders can be placed past the deadline, she said, but eac[...]
