New Pima County early voting sites opening this week

If you don’t want to wait until Election Day on Nov. 5 to cast your ballot and you missed the Oct. 25 deadline to request a vote-by-mail ballot, you can vote at a multitude of locations throughout Pima County beginning Monday, Oct. 28.

Early-voting sites opening this week include:

• Woods Memorial Library, 3455 N. 1st Ave.
• Eckstrom-Columbus Library, 4350 E. 22nd St.
• Dusenberry-River Library, 5605 E. River Rd., suite 105
• W. Anne Gibson-Esmond Station Library, 10931 E. May Ann Cleveland Way in Vail
• Kirk Bear Canyon Library, 8959 E. Tanque Verde Rd.
• Pima County Natural Resources, Parks and Recreation Building, 3500 W. River Rd.
• Miller Golf Links Library, 9640 E. Golf Links Rd.
• Valencia Library, 202 W. Valencia Rd.
• Pascua Yaqui Wellness Center, 5305 W. Calle Torim
• Wheeler Taft Abbett Sr. Library, 7800 N. Schisler Dr.
• TOKA Community Building, 51 Baboquivari Dr. in Sells
• Salazar-Ajo Library, 15 W. Plaza, suite 179, in Ajo

Those spots join other already-open early-voting sites, including:

• Santa Cruz Room on the third floor of the UA Student Union
• Oro Valley Library, 1305 W. Naranja Dr.
• La Villita Community Center, 71 W. Sahuarita Rd. in the Sahuarita/Green Valley area.
• Pima County Recorder’s Office at 240 N. Stone Ave.
• Pima County Recorder’s Office at 6550 S. Country Club Rd.
• Fellowship Bible Church, 6700 E. Broadway

Voters can cast a ballot between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday at those locations except for the Salazar-Ajo Library, which is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

All locations will be open until 7 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 1.

Voters should be prepared for a long ballot that will include the presidential race between Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump, the contest for a U.S. Senate seat between Rep. Ruben Gallego and former Phoenix newscaster Kari Lake and campaigns for U.S. Congress, the Arizona Legislature, the Pima County Board of Supervisors and many others.

Voters will also decide 13 statewide propositions and local measures in suburban communities and school districts.

There are so many choices that election officials had to spread them over four pages on a two-card ballot, with contests for election officials on the front page of the first card and the propositions on the back page of the first card and both the front and back pages of the second card.

Pima County Elections Director Constance Hargrove has urged voters to return both cards because if they only return one card, that is all that will be counted.

All of the above sites will be open for emergency voting from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 2, and Monday, Nov. 4. 

Voters can cast ballots on those days as late as 5 p.m. at the downtown and Country Club Road branches of the Pima County Recorder’s Office.

Voters can drop off early ballots they have received through the mail at any of the early voting locations or at the recorder’s East Side office, 6920 E. Broadway Blvd., between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. That location is closed for lunch from noon to 1 p.m.

Find more details on the early voting sites here.

Ballots must be in the custody of the Pima County Recorder’s Office by 7 p.m. on Nov. 5 or they will be disqualified, so voters are encouraged to mail their early ballots back by Oct 29.

After Oct. 29, voters are encouraged to drop off completed ballots at an early voting location or at one of Pima County’s voting centers on Election Day.

County election officials plan to open 126 vote centers across Pima County on Nov. 5. They anticipate high turnout and plan to expand the number of voting booths and related supplies.

Voters who cast ballots at vote centers on Election Day should bring photo ID or two pieces of non-photo ID that establishes their address, such as utility statements, valid Arizona vehicle registration, voter registration card  or a bank statement. Find a complete list at the Arizona Secretary of State website. 

Visit Pima.Vote for more details about voting in Pima County.