Tucson-area Voters need to Send vote-by-mail ballots by Wednesday Nov. 1

PIMA COUNTY –  The Pima County Recorder, F. Ann Rodriguez would like to remind voters who received a ballot by mail that the deadline to drop your voted ballot in the mail is Wednesday, November 1, 2017.  “Mailing your voted ballot by Wednesday will ensure that our office receives it by Election Day, November 7th.”

If you have already mailed your ballot and wish to check the status you can go to www.recorder.pima.gov  and click on “Early Ballot Status”.

The election is being conducted primarily through mail-in ballots, although the town of Oro Valley, where voters will decide on a $17 million general-obligation bond package for improvements to Naranja Park, will have polls open Election Day.

The county has three early-voting locations open where ballots can be dropped off or a replacement ballot can be requested:

• Recorder’s east-side office is at 6920 E. Broadway,
• South-side office is at 6550 S. Country Club Road, and
• Downtown office is at 240 N. Stone Ave.

These sites are open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays. On Election Day, these sites and several others will be open to accept ballots or for voters to request replacement ballots from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Other voting sites that will be open Tuesday for most Tucson voters, including school districts and Drexel Heights Fire District residents, are:

• Miller-Golf Links Library, 9640 E. Golf Links Road.
• Valencia Library, 202 W. Valencia Road.
• Flowing Wells School District Iola Frans Administration Center, 1556 W. Prince Road.
• Johnson Elementary School, 6060 S. Joseph Ave.

These sites will have ballots available on Tuesday for voters in the Marana school district, Picture Rocks Fire District, Avra Valley Fire District and Drexel Heights Fire District (if you live in the Marana school district):

• Sandario Baptist Church, 6971 N. Sandario Road.
• Marana Middle School, 11285 W. Grier Road.
• Quail Run Elementary, 4600 W. Cortaro Farms Road.
• Twin Peaks Elementary, 7995 W. Twin Peaks Road.

Tucson voters will be asked to vote for City Council candidates in three wards, several city sales-tax propositions on funding for early education and zoo improvements, and raises for the mayor and the council members.

Depending on where you live, you will vote on bond packages or budget overrides for school districts. Several fire districts also have bond proposals or budget/levy overrides on the ballot.

In Oro Valley, polling locations open at 6 a.m. next Tuesday. Oro Valley residents who want to cast votes in person must go to their assigned polling location.

As of Tuesday afternoon, 100,275 of the roughly 400,000 ballots sent out by mail had been turned over by the Recorder’s Office to tabulate.