12News: Maricopa Board approves record number of voting centers for November

Joe Dana of 12News reports on the approval of 236 voting centers, a 35% increase compared to 2020, in Maricopa County, Arizona.

On Monday the county board voted to approve 236 voting centers for November, a record number. There will be 35% more voting booths available on Election Day compared to 2020.

During the meeting, board members also warned: Don’t expect Arizona to know who won major contests until many days after the election. They pointed out Arizona has historically tight presidential races, a legislature-approved same-day ballot drop-off option for voters (unlike Florida, Arizona allows ballots to be dropped off at voting centers across the state, leading to more post-election day counting), and the legislature passed a new layer of auditing that requires workers to count the number of ballots at each voting center before they are sent to a central location for tabulation.

“I want to make sure people remember, we are simply carrying out what the legislature designed,” said Supervisor Thomas Galvin.

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