Adrian Borunda, a spokeswoman for the Maricopa County Election Department, said voters can visit ahead of time to do their research. Ready to vote.The department plans to upload sample ballots in the coming weeks, he added, and Arizonans can take advantage of early voting or register to vote by mail to avoid waiting on Election Day.

“Voter fatigue is a real thing when voters are looking at multiple races,” Borunda said. “Obviously it's a lot easier to keep voters engaged and engaged when there are fewer races, but what we try to do to combat that is, obviously, make sure we have all the voting options available. We encourage people to vote early, take their time to vote. It's easier to vote when the lines aren't as long.”

The deadline to register to vote is Oct. 7, and the state's early voting period begins just two days later. Voters can request to receive a mail-in ballot until Oct. 25.

The presidential election is expected to lead to increased voter turnout. Borunda said the county is prepared to handle increased turnout and voters can be assured that it won't be like the 2022 midterm elections, in which Maricopa County came under fire for: Problems with ballot printers at 70 polling stations As a result, some ballots were not readable by voters, causing confusion and long wait times. Voters were instructed to either place their ballot in a special drawer known as Door #3 so it could be counted later at their county election center, or check out of the voting center experiencing issues and vote elsewhere.

Borunda said the county has since disposed of the defective printer and rigorously tested its current election equipment to ensure it can withstand the task of printing and counting two-page ballots. Borunda said that if there is an issue with an on-site tabulating machine, Door #3 will remain available as a safeguard and all votes will still be counted.

But two-page ballots would likely slow down the counting and tabulation of vote results, a point that has already been a topic of discussion among Arizona voters and those watching the state's elections. Two-page ballots would also create problems for voter turnout calculations, which are typically determined by the number of one-page ballots that are counted. And inevitably, some voters will only return one page.

One of the main reasons for this year's longer ballot is the number of proposed statutes and state constitutional amendments that will be presented to voters not only in Maricopa County but across the state.

Republicans are in charge of 11 of those, employing a strategy of putting wish-list items on the ballot to avoid a veto from Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs, the largest number of legislative proposals since the 1990s. In 1984, 13 lawmakersThese include ballot measures that would preemptively ban ranked choice voting, give Arizona police officers and judges the power to jail and deport immigrants, and grant lifetime appointments to state judges. The citizen initiative movement succeeded in adding only two propositions to the ballot: adding abortion protections to the Arizona Constitution and establishing open primary elections, although votes on the latter would likely not be counted. The court is still determining whether the campaign gathered enough signatures. The first step is to be eligible to vote.