City election set for Tuesday; Yuma voters will fill 3 open seats

Yuma voters are heading to the polls on Tuesday to fill three open seats in the city’s general election. Voting centers will open at 6 a.m. and close at 7 p.m.

The six candidates running for council are Jason Bradley, a nurse and educator; Chris Morris, owner of construction and design companies; Robert Scarborough, owner of retail stores; Mike Shelton, a substitute teacher and a current council member; Ema

Lea Shoop, a former council member; and Edward Thomas, a retired veteran and a current member of the council.

Those elected to the positions will serve four-year terms beginning Jan. 1. Council members are atlarge and not responsible for individual geographical areas. City elections are nonpartisan.

The open council seats are currently occupied by Shelton, Thomas and Jacob Miller, with the latter not seeking reelection.

Voters may go to any of three voting centers: Yuma Civic Center, 1440 W. Desert Hills Drive; Martin Luther King Jr. Neighborhood Center, 300 S. 13th Ave.; and the Araby East Substation of the Yuma Police Department, 6390 E. 26th St.

Voters who haven’t mailed in their early ballots can drop them off at any of the drop box locations that are open 24 hours a day up until 7 p.m. on Election Day. One is located in

front of the Recorder’s Office at 197 S. Main St., and another has been placed in the parking lot of the Yuma Police Department, 1500 S. 1st Ave.

Additionally, the Recorder’s Office has secure ballot boxes in the San Luis City Hall and at Somerton Heritage Pool on Main Street in case a Yuma voter happens to be in those areas.

To vote at the polls, voters will need to present ID that has a photo and the name and address of the voter. Valid forms of photo ID include:

• Valid Arizona driver’s license

• Valid Arizona non-operating identification card

• Tribal enrollment card or other form of tribal identification

• U.S. federal, state or local government-issued identification

For those who do not have a photo ID, several other forms of non-picture identification will be accepted, of which two are required. Examples of these include:

• Utility bill dated within 90 days of the election.

• Bank or credit union statement dated within 90 days of the election.

• Valid Arizona vehicle registration or vehicle insurance card.

• Indian census card, tribal enrollment card or other form of tribal identification. • Property tax statement. • Recorder’s certificate or voter registration card.

• U.S. federal, state or local government-issued identification.

• Any other official election material mailing bearing the voter’s name and address.

• Photo ID with a nonmatching address may require a second form of identification, such as any of those previously listed.