2nd Arizona county delays certifying election results in protest of early voting.
The 2nd Arizona county is still reviewing election results from Friday’s special election, but some early vote locations were still open at 10:00 AM Friday morning.
The Maricopa County Elections Director said the county’s early vote location would have extended into the weekend but that they had postponed extending early voting indefinitely to allow time enough to review all the data from the ballot and all the votes.
Maricopa County is trying to verify the votes of all of the ballots that were cast before Friday at 10:00 AM, at least until Thursday at 9:00 AM, or the results would be in dispute.
While we’ve reported that election officials were “shaking” in Phoenix, the 2nd Arizona county is still reviewing its ballot results. The Maricopa County Elections Director said the county’s early vote location would have extended into the weekend but that they had postponed extending early voting indefinitely to allow time enough to review all the data from the ballot and all the votes.
Voter’s are still trying to use the early vote, but Maricopa County elections officials say they have extended the early vote until today at noon to allow time to more easily review the ballots.
In this political climate, some people have already taken to social media to voice their displeasure with early voting in Arizona. Some Arizona voters have been forced to stay home from early voting over fears they’ll be turned away at the polls.
Phoenix voting rights activists are asking voters to help them make sure their voices are heard in the upcoming election. They’re circulating their own, “Not Voting” ballot, which asks voters to write in their opposition to the Phoenix Charter Revision Initiative to get out the vote for the referendum.
By signing this petition you can help ensure the voices of those who voted early in Phoenix aren’t silenced.
A petition to force elections officials in Phoenix to release the ballots from ballot box scanners has already collected hundreds of signatures despite the city’
