On Saturday, Maricopa County Sheriff Paul Penzone held a security update in response to protestors gathering outside the county’s elections center.

Arizona Republican Congresswoman Debbie Lesko wants to change the drop-off process for mail-in ballots. Instead of dropping ballots into a box on Election Day, she’s suggesting voters have their signatures verified on the spot.

-Maricopa County elections officials say following Friday night’s drop, less than 300,000 ballots will be left to count. A hand count audit mandated by state law begins Saturday.

Unofficial results show two Phoenix City Council members will be reelected while another will face a runoff election.

This week saw voters head to the polls Nov. 8 for the 2022 midterm elections. And days later, ballots are still being counted in races too close to call, like many of those here in Arizona.

Elections workers in Maricopa County have more than 400,000 ballots left to count, officials estimated Wednesday morning, meaning it could be days until final results are available for close statewide races. Far more Maricopa County voters waited until the last minute to return their ballots than in 2020.
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On a sunny Tuesday morning, voters streamed in and out of the Beatitudes Church where they cast their ballot. Voters from all walks of life came out on Election Day to make their voices heard for many reasons.

A printing malfunction at about one-quarter of the polling places across Arizona's most populous county slowed down voting Tuesday, but election officials assured voters that every ballot would be counted.

Unofficial results show at least two out of four races for Phoenix City Council will continue next year because no single candidate received at least 50% plus one vote.