phoenix – Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer has proposed some changes to Arizona’s election process. This is intended to speed up the tallying process and get race results faster.

It took county election officials nearly two weeks to make a final decision. November 2022 election results. Officials blamed some of the high number of early votes that were withdrawn on Election Day.

“Then it still has to be returned to us, it has to be imaged, the signature verified, it has to be audited, and only then can it go to the central county tally,” Richer said. said.

County registrars are proposing changes to the law to require early voting to be submitted early.

“With so many results on election night, as in the last election, it means that a significant percentage of the results are not available within the first 24 hours,” Richer said. say.

Nearly 300,000 early votes were cast on Election Day last November. This is 20% of all votes cast.

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Richer also wants to expand the use of tally machines. Currently, it can only be used to count Election Day ballots, not early voting. By expanding its use, you can also catch defects.

“Some of the issues that arose on Election Day could be identified on Saturday and fixed before Election Day,” said Richer.

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Arizona’s new Secretary of State Adrian Fontes issued the following statement:

Ultimately, for the changes to take effect in the 2024 presidential election year, state legislators will need to pass legislation and create a bill that will be signed into law by the governor during this new session. I have.

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