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Pima County recorder, elections director explain drop-box emptying and replacement-ballot process
Summary
Board members pressed county elections leaders about a viral video of workers emptying an overfilled ballot drop box; the recorder explained the consolidated vote-by-mail process, chain-of-custody procedures, why observers were not used at replacement sites, and how the office responded to online threats against staff.
Pima County elected officials spent more than an hour on Nov. 18 pressing the county recorder and elections director for details about operations during the Nov. 4 consolidated vote-by-mail election, including an incident in which a ballot drop box on the East Side exceeded its capacity.
Supervisor John Christie asked why the recorder's office had handled ballot duplication and replacement rather than the Elections Department, why observers had not been present at replacement sites, and whether surveillance cameras should have detected an overfilled drop box. County Recorder said consolidated, vote-by-mail ballots are issued by the recorder while the Elections…
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