New Voting Centers for City Elections

On Tuesday, Aug. 30, Phoenix voters will decide several ballot measures and cast ballots for a new mayor and council members in Districts 1, 3, 5 and 7. There also
will be a Special Vacancy Election for residents in District 2 to elect a councilmember to serve the remaining two years of the term.

For this election and future city of Phoenix elections, traditional polling places are being replaced with Voting Centers located throughout the city. With Voting Centers, voters are
no longer restricted to casting their ballot at one assigned polling place. Voters can vote at any
of the 26 Voting Center locations – making it more convenient to vote closer to your work, school, home or along your daily commute.

Voters also will have three days to cast their vote, making it more flexible and accessible. The Voting Centers will be open from:

10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 27;

9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday, Aug. 29;

6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 30 (Election Day).

The voting process itself will be the same. Voters will still need to bring the same forms of identification they would normally bring to a polling place, and they will continue to vote on paper ballots that will be placed inside a locked ballot box. It’s important to note that Voting Centers are only being used for city of Phoenix elections, which include Mayoral and Council elections, Bond
elections and other Phoenix ballot items. Voting centers will not be used in elections for federal, state or county offices or ballot measures.

The last day to register to vote is Aug. 1.

The popular early voting by mail program will not change and voters on the Permanent Early Voting List will begin receiving their ballots around Aug. 4. Early ballots can be mailed or dropped off at any voting center, and the last day to request an early ballot by mail is Aug. 19.

Voters can find a map of voting center locations as well as lists of acceptable identification forms at phoenix.gov/election.

For additional questions on voting centers, their locations or the upcoming election, call 602-261-VOTE (8683) or TTY 602-534-2737 or email elections@phoenix.gov.

Source: City of Phoenix Neighborhood Services Department