Election results

We at have worked hard to bring you informative coverage of local, state and national issues as we approach Election Day. Because election results will come out late, our print deadlines will make it impossible to provide comprehensive coverage of Tuesday’s vote in Wednesday’s Please visit us at on election night and all day Wednesday for coverage. As a public service, we are offering free, unlimited access to all content on our site. In look for extensive coverage of results, plus context and analysis of voters’ decisions, in the days after the election, and a full page of results in Sunday’s paper. Recorder’s Office is relying on poll workers and county employees to set up the equipment. Fontes said keeping the setup responsibilities in-house will provide his office more accountability over the process.

A new digital dashboard will allow the Recorder’s Office to monitor which polling places are open in real time.

Troubleshooters will call each of their assigned polling places and ask if there are any issues throughout the day, instead of waiting for polling places to call in with issues.

The office added six additional hotlines for poll workers to call if they need assistance.

Officials and even some poll workers have expressed concern about temporary workers setting up the technical equipment, especially since many poll workers are retirement age and may be unfamiliar with some types of technology.

More than half of poll workers nationally are older than 60, according to the Election Assistance Commission. Maricopa County doesn’t track poll-worker demographics.

Purcell and Osborne said they never used contractors and always relied on poll workers to do the setup, although there were fewer technical requirements during their tenure. They used paper voter rolls to check in voters until their last year.

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