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Vote-By-Mail And Avoid the Crowds!

Voting at the polls is becoming increasingly difficult for many in Arizona. Unnecessary and burdensome ID requirements have slowed the voter verification process down to a crawl, often causing hours-long waits that discourage all but the most determined voters. Arizona's notoriously lengthy ballots can require twenty minutes or more to complete. Changes in polling place locations result in thousands of voters showing up at the wrong locations and many are unable to reach the correct polling place before the polls close.

For many of us, our lives are too hectic and unpredictable to be sure we can make it to the polls on election day. As a result, increasing numbers of Arizonans are opting for the convenience of voting by mail.

LINKS TO VOTE-BY-MAIL APPLICATIONS:

Maricopa County: https://recorder.maricopa.gov/earlyvoteballotnet/
Pima County: https://www.recorder.pima.gov/earlyballot/default.aspx
Pinal County: http://pinalcountyaz.gov/Departments/Recorder/Pages/VoterRegFormEnglish.aspx
Yavapai County: http://apps.co.yavapai.az.us/earlyballot/
Coconino County: http://www.coconino.az.gov/elections.aspx?ekfrm=8016

  
Why Do We Vote on Tuesday?
The answer from our friends at: 
WhyTuesday.org

In 1845, before Florida, California, and Texas were states or slavery had been abolished, Congress needed to pick a time for Americans to vote. We were an agrarian society. We traveled by horse and buggy. Farmers needed a day to get to the county seat, a day to vote, and a day to get back, without interfering with the three days of worship. So that left Tuesday and Wednesday, but Wednesday was market day. So, Tuesday it was.
In 1875 Congress extended the Tuesday date for national House elections and in 1914 for federal Senate elections.
 

Should Politicians Take Over Arizona's Courts?

Read this Newsweek article--the first in a series called "Court Watch"--about what happens when judges must run for a seat on the bench in elections where the stakes are high and big-money-special-interests play hardball.