The Yuma County Board of Supervisors voted to certify the unofficial results of the July 15, 2025, special primary election at a special session after the county elections director presented turnout figures and canvass details.

Elections Director Kika Guzman told the board that 60,330 residents were registered to vote in Yuma County and that 6,879 cast ballots, an 11.4% turnout. She said in-person voting included 97 early in-person voters, 2,216 early ballot drop-offs, 522 election-day voters and 17 voters who cast provisional ballots. Mail voting accounted for 4,018 ballots, plus nine returned via the county’s online portal for Yuma voters. Guzman said 269 ballots were hand-counted during the official hand count on July 19 at 9 a.m., including two randomly drawn early-ballot batches and samples from two vote centers: the Martin Luther King Jr. Youth Center and the César Chávez Cultural Center.

Guzman reported 41 provisional ballots were rejected and 252 early ballots were rejected, a total of 293 ballots rejected for the special election. She said the signature-cure period lasted five days after election day and ended on Sunday, July 20, 2025. Guzman also reported that the county ran a logic-and-accuracy equipment test on July 24 at 1 p.m. at the Election Services Department and that the equipment passed the test.

A supervisor moved that the board "certify the unofficial results of the 07/15/2025 special primary elections pursuant to ASR as 16 dash 6 2 6 4 2, dash 8," and Chairman Lyons seconded the motion. The board voted in favor; the motion carried. The mover then noted in the record the statutory citation as spoken during the motion. Chair and staff did not report any formal complaints about conduct of the election during the meeting.

Guzman thanked county staff and partner agencies for their work, and said she could answer questions. When asked how the number of rejected early ballots compared to other years, Guzman said she would need to check and provide that comparison to the board at a later date. The board did not direct further action beyond certifying the unofficial results.

The certification finalizes the county’s administrative step of accepting the unofficial tally presented; Guzman indicated the county completed its routine hand count and equipment test and that no tabulator discrepancies were found in the samples presented. Historical comparisons of rejected ballots and any further post-certification steps were not provided during the session.