Phoenix (AZ Family) — Across the state, including Maricopa County, some races are still too close to call. In addition to counting votes, election officials are also “curing” them.

If you choose to vote early, rectification is the process by which your county elections team allows voters to correct problems by signing the green affidavit envelope given to you to submit your ballot.

If the elections team discovers discrepancies, errors, or missing signatures on the envelope, they will be given the opportunity to correct it.

If you need to amend your ballot:

• Our elections team will notify you by phone, text, email, or mail.
• There are 5 calendar days after the federal election
• There are 3 calendar days after the local election

Gina Roberts of the Arizona Clean Elections Commission said curing is an important step in the election process and a big reason it takes so long to verify results.

“A significant number of voters held on to their ballots and chose to throw them away on election day. All of these hundreds, thousands of ballots were filled with the words, ‘Yes, this is a voter,’ ‘Yes, this is a voter.’ Yes, the ID matches the person who cast this vote.” Roberts explained.

“Again, voters have until Nov. 10 to correct their signatures by state law, which means the earliest state law allows counties to campaign for elections, and campaigns must It is the result of finalizing and making the election results official,” she added.

If you are notified to amend your ballot, you will be offered two options:

treatment Text:

• Text2Cure (Provides information on how to use this Text2Cure process). This includes uploading an image of your Arizona driver’s license or Arizona ID to verify your signature and receive a link to a secure portal where you can confirm your identity.
• “Check your status” through your personalized voter dashboard. BeBallotReady.Vote. If it appears on that page as a “Questioned Signature” it will provide details and a link to the Text2Cure process.

treatment phone:

• 602-506-1511 (The call center will be ready to take your calls during the election period and verify your identity over the phone using certain personally identifying information contained in your voter record).

Roberts encourages voters to check the status of their vote on their county’s voting dashboard to make sure everything is in order. If not, Roberts said it’s important to correct it because the numbers collected in the coming weeks will be included in the final canvas and results.

“The authority for that jurisdiction, if it’s at the county level, it’s the board of supervisors. They meet in a public meeting. The county elections official presents the final tally. At that point, the county board will formally adopt the final results of the election,” she explained.

All 15 counties in the state must complete this process before they can send their documents to the Secretary of State’s Office. From there, the state will meet, verify and post official canvasses and results for this year’s races and measures.

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