Primary elections

All early ballots are counted, Pima County Recorder F. Ann Rodriguez assures voters, many of whom have already shown they are comfortable with the mail-in process.

woman approaches the polling place at the 22nd Street Baptist Church, 6620 E. 22nd St., in Tucson on August 30, 2016.

If you are still hanging on to your mail-in ballot for Tucson’s primary election today, it is too late to put it in the mail.

Instead, ballots can be dropped off at one of several city-run voting locations open TuesdayΒ from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. They are:

  • Department of Housing and Community Development, 320 N. Commerce Park Loop
  • Morris K. Udall Regional Center, 7200 E. Tanque Verde Road
  • Donna R. Liggins Recreation Center, 2160 N. Sixth Ave.
  • William Clements Recreation Center, 8155 E. Poinciana Drive
  • El Pueblo Senior Center, 101 W. Irvington Road
  • Parks and Recreation Administration Building, Randolph Park, 900 S. Randolph Way
  • Tucson City Clerk Elections Center, 800 E. 12th St.

The primary will decide the Democratic nominees in Tucson’s mayoral race and in the Ward 1 race for City Council, the only two contested races in the primary. It will also decide whether a write-in GOP candidate in Ward 1, Sam Nagy, will qualify for the November ballot.

Unopposed candidates in Wards 2 and 4 will automatically move to the November general election.

At last count late last week, city residents had returned 58,892 ballots of the 188,347 that were mailed to registered voters.

The elections department in the City Clerk’s Office can be reached at (520) 791-3221.


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