Phoenix (AZ Family) — Maricopa County election officials released final preparations and updated turnout details less than 24 hours before Election Day, with the county seeing the highest number of single-day voter registration submissions in county history. He said it had become.
“There were people in the lobby with garbage bags full of voter registration forms,” Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer said, adding that on Oct. 7, the last official day for voter registration, about 90,000 were collected. He pointed out that the registration form had been sent.
About 50,000 of these could be processed, but the rest “needed attention,” the recorder said, with some documents damaged or illegible, and some belonging to celebrities or TV characters. It was explained that a pseudonym such as
Officials said a large number of these registration forms were obtained by the office from organizations with “problematic” pasts.
“Over the past number of years, we have repeatedly asked lawmakers to address the integrity of paper voter registration forms submitted by third-party organizations. Unfortunately, nothing has been done. No,” Richer said in a tweet.
So far, the county has received about 1.5 million ballots returned for processing, which officials say is more than it received at this point in 2016. It is said to be about the same level as 2020.
Of the 27,000 ballots that have yet to be repaired (ballots that failed signature verification, were incomplete, or could not be counted for other reasons), more than half have already been repaired.
“We have five calendar days from Election Day to heal as many people as possible,” Richer said.
After high turnout and a heated campaign, election officials say they are more prepared than ever for Election Day, but people still waiting in line to head to polling places to vote in person. People should be prepared to wait in line.
“We have invested in more voting centers, check-in stations, and voting booths than ever before. We are equipped with new printers and new high-speed tabulation machines to ensure that voters who want to vote tomorrow on Election Day have access to We are ready to respond,” said Assistant County Manager Zach Sila.
Residents should also be aware that it will take time for results to become available.
“At the end of the day, there is a new state law that requires early votes cast on Election Day to be counted after everyone has voted and the polls are closed, and we are happy to comply with this new law. “This will delay the time it takes for polling places to close and ensure that Election Day results stored on memory cards are returned to the county central facility,” Sila said.
The county last week discussed election security and increased law enforcement presence in response to political threats across the Phoenix metropolitan area. At the news conference, county officials said many participants had already shown up and more were expected.
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