Pima County election officials announced today that somewhere between 26,000 and 34,000 ballots from yesterday’s election remained to be counted. Those ballots must have their signatures verified by the County Recorder’s Office before they can be sent to the Elections Department for tabulation.
In addition, the county has roughly 18,300 provisional ballots that have to be verified. Provisional ballots come when there’s some question about whether someone has already voted early, is possibly voting in the wrong precinct or has run into a different snafu. In most elections, roughly 80 to 85 percent of those ballots get counted, according to a county press release.
The Elections Department will begin counting early ballots this afternoon, with new results expected by the end of the day. Tabulation will continue tomorrow.
This article appears in Oct 29 – Nov 4, 2020.
How many? Let’s check after the 4 am drop off.
I worked the polls Tue and we did it by the numbers all the way past closing not accepting drop off ballots or allowing anyone into line after 7 PM. I have read accounts of ballots being rejected for sharpie use despite the well printed instructions about NOT using them. My main concern with drop offs was that they were signed. I had previously encountered unsigned ballots and would prefer the extra question by me would assure that vote be counted. The time it takes to verify these ballots is well worth the wait 😷