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Voter registration has hit a new all-time high in Coconino County. The county recorders office says there are now 90,669 registered voters in the county, which is a 7,430 person increase from the previous record of 83,239 set in November of 2018. Of the 90-thousand voters, over 38-thousand are Democrat, nearly 24-thousand are Republican, nearlyFull Story
Coconino County voters that may have health concerns, or worry about contracting COVID 19, can participate in emergency early voting at several locations across the county Saturday and Monday. Voters taking advantage of emergency early voting will be required to complete a form stating that they have an emergency and need to vote an emergencyFull Story
Early voting continues. In Coconino County, of the 47,099 early ballots, the county has received 16,086, or 34-percent of the ballots. You have until August 4th to turn in your ballot to the elections office. If you want to vote early in person, your last day to do so is July 31st. If you planFull Story
The candidate field is set for the 2020 mayoral and city council elections in Flagstaff. Four candidates will vie for Mayor of Flagstaff with a primary election to narrow the field to two August 4th. Paul Deasy and Victor Varela, along with current city councilors Charlie Odegaard and Jamie Whelan are the candidates for mayor.Full Story
Regina Salas is building her lead in the race for the third and final Flagstaff City Council seat. She has taken a 92 vote lead over Paul Deasy. Adam Shimoni and Austin Aslan have already locked up seats on the next council. Deasy conceded the race this morning. He said in a statement: “thank youFull Story
The Coconino County Elections office set a record for voter registration in one day. Officials say they received 775 online voter registrations Tuesday. That number is twice the number of the previous high. It isn’t known what the party breakdown is out of the 775 registrations.
Jean Wilcox or Greg Mengarelli will be Prescott’s new mayor. They received more votes than Mary Beth Hrin to advance to November’s run-off election. Neither candidate received over 50-percent of the vote, however Mengarelli had the most votes at 42-percent. None of the six council candidates received over 50-percent of the vote, so they willFull Story
A recent NSA report that was leaked indicates Russia’s military intelligence was trying to hack into a voting software vendor during last November’s elections and may have compromised precincts across the country. Counties around Arizona are responding to the report. Coconino County officials say their voting system wasn’t a victim of the attempted hack becauseFull Story
The final votes have been counted in Coconino and Yavapai counties in last week’s primary election. In Coconino County, Bill Ring beat Gary Pearlmutter by 126 votes for County Attorney, while Janis Crosman beat Philan Tree by 122 votes to advance to the general election to face Jim Parks for District Four Board of Supervisor.Full Story
Congressman Paul Gosar sailed through the District Four race, beating Ray Strauss by over 30-thousand votes. In the Legislative race, Noel Campbell won by around four-thousand votes, but it’s a neck and neck race between David Stringer and Chip Davis. Stringer leads by just 28 votes at last count. In the county Board of SupervisorFull Story