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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.

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