Why ballots must be mailed back soon for Arizona jurisdictional elections

PHOENIX – Tuesday is the recommended deadline for mailing back completed ballots for next week’s jurisdictional elections in Arizona.

Maricopa and several other counties are conducting all-mail elections. All eligible voters were sent ballots last month.

Completed ballots must be received by county elections offices by 7 p.m. on Election Day, Nov. 4, to count.

“If you still are holding onto your mail-in ballot, you need to get that in the mail,” Maricopa County Recorder Justin Heap told KTAR News 92.3 FM’s The Mike Broomhead Show last week.

Can completed ballots be returned in person?

If you miss the recommended postal deadline, ballots can be dropped off at a designated voting center through Election Day. The Maricopa County Elections Department website has a list of Phoenix-area drop-off locations and operating hours.

“If for any reason you don’t have one, there are ballot replacement sites throughout the county, which you can go to one in your city and they will void that mail-in ballot, print you out a new one, let you fill that out, and you can get those in as soon as possible,” Heap said.

Election questions vary by voter residence. Maricopa County has one countywide item (Proposition 409) and a variety of local school district, fire district and city issues on its ballots.

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