The last day to register to vote in Arizonaβs primary election is Tuesday, July 5.
The primary election will take place Aug. 2 when voters will decide the candidates for the Nov. 8 general election races.
The Pima County Recorderβs office will mail out early ballots July 6, while in-person early voting will take place July 6-29. The last day to request a ballot by mail is July 22.
In-person voting will look different this year with the countyβs debut of e-pollbooks and voting centers, where poll workers check in voters with an iPad, or e-pollbook, that scans votersβ IDs and confirms their eligibility to vote. The e-pollbook then sends a ballot specific to each voter to a ballot-on-demand printer.
The new voting model also replaces the precinct-based polling system where voters were required to vote at the location assigned to them based on their residence. Now, all voters can show up at any of 129 vote centers across the county to cast a ballot, regardless of the precinct they live in.
Early ballots should be mailed in by July 26 to make sure they're received by Election Day on Aug. 2. Voters can vote early until July 29 in person or drop off their ballots before Election Day at 15 locations across the county.Β
To see a list of early voting locations and ballot drop-off sites, visit:Β recorder.pima.gov/earlyvotingsites#primary%20election
To register to vote, or to check the status of your voter registration, visit: recorder.pima.gov/RegisteringToVote
A trial run-through of the new voting process for Pima Countyβs elections was held on June 24. The mock election served as a test of the new voting system the Pima County Board of Supervisors approved in February. Participants of the mock election were given pretend voter identification cards to cast votes on ballots from 2018 as part of the practice run. In the new process, poll workers check in voters with an iPad, or e-pollbook, that scans votersβ IDs and confirms their eligibility to vote. Pascal Albright / Arizona Daily Star
