Officials underestimated how often voters would make mistakes on their ballots that would require extra examination, and how many workers and machines were needed to fix them.
Maricopa County says it’s taking double the usual time to process the two-page ballot, and other counties were slow to report Election Day results.
Navajo Nation voters contended with printer problems, and the two-page ballot led to long waits in Maricopa and Pima counties.
An issue with ballot-on-demand printers created long lines for Native voters.
The voters, along with nearly 900 in Pinal County, were incorrectly flagged in the counties’ systems. Their ballots will now count.
Some longtime Pinal residents who had never provided their documents were suddenly told they must, despite a recent court decision.
Two counties point to Field+Media Corps, a voter outreach firm whose work has been flagged before by Arizona authorities.
After a slight mailing delay, new concerns emerge about long lines and the handling of extra paper: maybe 4.2 million sheets of it.
Crowds will have a place to protest outside the election building, but the county won’t tolerate violence or lawlessness, Sheriff Russ Skinner says.
A new state law requires poll workers to count the number of mail ballots dropped off.