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Has been updated: August 3, 2022 at 9:21 AM
(Facebook Photo/Pinal County Elections Authority)
PHOENIX – Arizona and national-level Republican leadership are calling for the resignation of the Pinal County election officer after some polling places ran out of ballots in Tuesday’s primary.
“This is a sweeping failure to disenfranchise Arizona citizens and shows why the Republican-led effort for transparency at the ballot box is so important. Frisk should resign immediately,” Arizona Republican Chairman Kerry Ward and Republican National Committee Chairman Ronna McDaniel said in a press release.
The county admitted that some precincts did not have enough ballots and voters had to wait until more ballots were printed and distributed to affected polling places. .
The Pinal County Elections Authority said there was “unprecedented demand for in-person voting.”
The lack of votes isn’t Pinal County’s first problem this election cycle.
After tens of thousands of voters were sent false early mail ballots, officials had to scrambling.
In addition to approximately 46,000 ballots mailed to voters in Casa Grande, Eloy, Maricopa, Mammoth, and Superior, Apache Junction and the Pinal County portion of Queen Creek did not hold city elections.
Portions of Apache Junction and Queen Creek in Maricopa County were unaffected.
Frisk was appointed in March. According to his brief biography, he was an election officer in Washington state. county website.
The Pinal County Supervisory Board was scheduled to answer questions about the difficulties Wednesday afternoon after its regularly scheduled meeting.
