How Maricopa County, Arizona — the nation’s largest swing county — prepared for the Election Day spotlight.
The email, which included the address to the recorder’s office, was one of many sent to election offices across the country that were deemed not credible.
Long ballots, a slow tabulator, and unclear marks are contributing to delays.
Officials underestimated how often voters would make mistakes on their ballots that would require extra examination, and how many workers and machines were needed to fix them.
Maricopa County says it’s taking double the usual time to process the two-page ballot, and other counties were slow to report Election Day results.
How Maricopa County, Arizona — the nation’s largest swing county — prepared for the Election Day spotlight.
The email, which included the address to the recorder’s office, was one of many sent to election offices across the country that were deemed not credible.
Long ballots, a slow tabulator, and unclear marks are contributing to delays.
Officials underestimated how often voters would make mistakes on their ballots that would require extra examination, and how many workers and machines were needed to fix them.
Maricopa County says it’s taking double the usual time to process the two-page ballot, and other counties were slow to report Election Day results.
While voters in some counties faced long lines or minor technical errors, election administrators across the country reported no major problems.
Navajo Nation voters contended with printer problems, and the two-page ballot led to long waits in Maricopa and Pima counties.
An issue with ballot-on-demand printers created long lines for Native voters.
Voting continues at polling places despite ‘non-credible’ bomb threats in Georgia and minor technical issues in Pennsylvania. Milwaukee got off to a slow start on absentee ballots.
The voters, along with nearly 900 in Pinal County, were incorrectly flagged in the counties’ systems. Their ballots will now count.
Some longtime Pinal residents who had never provided their documents were suddenly told they must, despite a recent court decision.
Two counties point to Field+Media Corps, a voter outreach firm whose work has been flagged before by Arizona authorities.
After a slight mailing delay, new concerns emerge about long lines and the handling of extra paper: maybe 4.2 million sheets of it.
Crowds will have a place to protest outside the election building, but the county won’t tolerate violence or lawlessness, Sheriff Russ Skinner says.
A new state law requires poll workers to count the number of mail ballots dropped off.
The county won’t be forced to offer ballot access to voters who go to the wrong polling site.
In Maricopa County and other races, Republicans play up talk of fraud, dirty voter rolls, and ballot harvesting.
Cochise County Republican Peggy Judd, who initially faced two felony charges, acknowledges that she failed to follow the law.
An investigation into Maricopa County’s process found young, new and unaffiliated voters are more likely to have the signature on their ballot envelope rejected.
Claims of malfeasance by a losing sheriff candidate were ‘completely unsupported,’ investigators concluded.