We found no evidence that Arizona election officials are engaging in suspicious practices. Although it’s convenient for voters and candidates to know results quickly, the top goal for election officials is to get it right.
, "I don't push conspiracies on my show, but this extended Arizona count is highly suspicious."
This wait for results is not new. In 2018, it took more than a week to tabulate enough ballots to declare Democrat Kyrsten Sinema the winner of the U.S. Senate contest. In 2020, . More than a week and a half after Election Day, Katie Hobbs emerged as the official winner. Hobbs, a Democrat, is running for governor.Maricopa officials announced on the night of Aug. 3 that about 716,000 voters cast ballots and that the county had about 147,000 ballots left to either verify, process or tabulate. Richer predicted that Maricopa will have approximately 92% of all ballots tabulated and reported by the night of Aug. 4 and up to 98% by the night of Aug. 5.
on the mail ballot envelope matches the signature on record. A manager signs off on a match before the ballot is forwarded to processing. If the signatures don’t match, election officials contact voters to let them confirm that they were the ones who cast the ballots and provide personal identifying information. State law allows five business days to "cure" ballots. Qualified voters who show up to vote in person but without an ID, have five business days to provide their ID.
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