ElectionWednesday, November 4
Voters faced long lines at Chandler-Gilbert Community College on Election Day
The Good Day Queen Creek team
If you voted in the East Valley on Tuesday, you may have seen it. Maricopa County reported about 10:30 a.m. that a high volume of voters was at Chandler-Gilbert Community College. It pointed people to Tumbleweed Recreation Center in Chandler or The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Catalina Street in Gilbert. Voter Elise Weeks said, “I guess they're out of printer ink, so you can't actually vote.”
Turnout trailed the county's projection of up to 500,000 voters
188Kin-person voters countywide by 4:30 p.m. Tuesday
Sources: AZ Family, azfamily.com
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| Value | |
|---|---|
| in-person voters countywide by 4:30 p.m. Tuesday | 188K |
| Projected Election Day high | 500K |
- Vote centers: 254 countywide, all opened on time
- Also busy: Mesa Community College and Sun Devil Fitness Center
- Rule: anyone in line by 7 p.m. could still vote
At Chandler-Gilbert, wait times climbed to nearly an hour late Tuesday afternoon. Printer trouble was also reported in Gilbert. Voters who cast their ballots early said drop-off options spared them the long waits.
Election Day went from opening to long lines
- 6 a.m.All 254 Maricopa County vote centers opened as scheduled.
- 10:30 a.m.County reported high volume at Chandler-Gilbert Community College.
- 11:30 a.m.County map showed a 45-minute wait and more than 120 voters in line there.
- 4:30 p.m.More than 188,000 in-person voters had cast ballots countywide.
- 7 p.m.Polls close; anyone in line by then can still vote.
Sources: KTAR News 92.3 FM, AZ Family, azfamily.com
Sources: KTAR News 92.3 FM, AZ Family, azfamily.com