 Pima County has about 30,000 ballots to count
PIMA COUNTY, Aug. 3, 2020 – There are still about 30,000 ballots left to count in Pima County. The Pima County Recorder’s Office has about 22,000 early and other ballots and about 4,200 provisional ballots to process and verify for tabulation. The Elections Department also still has to count about 3,100 ballots that were cast at Voting Centers Aug. 2.
The above number of ballots remaining is an estimate and may change as Elections and the Recorder’s Office work their way through the remaining ballots and the processes necessary to ensure all legally cast votes are counted.
In reference to the ballots cast at Vote Centers that are still left to count, Elections Director Constance Hargrove said, “We had some Vote Centers where the checked-in voters tally didn’t match the number of ballots, and I needed to talk to the Vote Center inspectors to understand why. The Deputy Elections Director spoke to them today, and we will count those ballots. In addition, one Vote Center had a printer problem that prevented the scanner from reading the ballot. These ballots require duplication. I anticipate counting all the votes cast at Vote Centers by the end of today.”
Provisional ballots were issued to Election Day voters who were sent a mail ballot, had a change in address or otherwise required further investigation in their voter registration. The Recorder’s Office suspended signature verification on Election Day to ensure that voters didn’t vote twice and resumed verification after receiving voter data from the Elections Department. Every provisional ballot is processed, though not every ballot will be eligible for tabulation.
The Recorder’s Office turns over verified ballots in batches of roughly 5,000 at a time to the Elections Department. The Elections Department will continue to count ballots each day until there are none left to count. Elections must complete counting by Aug. 15, when the Board of Supervisors is expected to certify the Canvas of Election.
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