In Coconino County, election officials say nearly 50,000 ballots have already been returned by mail or drop box by Election Day.

This represents about two-thirds of the county’s registered voters.

Maryhill Hughes was one of the county’s early voters. She said two issues influenced her vote for Vice President Kamala Harris this year.

“A woman’s body is a woman’s body, and women have a right to make choices. But I think the other thing is, don’t change the laws to prevent people from voting.” Hughes says.

Chris Walker was outside Calvary Bible Church trying to vote in person for former President Donald Trump.

His vote was based on defending the Second Amendment and saying Harris had a chance to improve the country.

“She’s promised a lot of things, and as vice president, I feel like she can already get started on those things, which she hasn’t done in the last four years,” Walker said. “But to me, what Donald Trump wants to do for the country is […] I feel that he has good ideas about the future of this country. ”

But if there’s one theme among all voters, it’s a nervous anxiety about the outcome.

Mary Jane Robinson was outside the Flagstaff Aquaplex polling place, making plans to calm her nerves this evening.

“I brought the whiskey and I’m ready to leave tonight,” Robinson says.

She said she plans to vote for Harris because of women’s health care and her daughter’s future.

“I have a 14-year-old daughter, and certainly her future is very important to me. So I feel like this election is very important, just in the sense that we’re nervous and that nationally It’s definitely different in the sense that it’s a close game,” Robinson said. Say.

Polls show Trump with a slight lead in Arizona, but within the margin of error.

The 2020 election was the only election since 1996 in which the state elected a Democrat as president.

Arizona voting ends at 7 p.m.