Arizona
The Arizona counties with the overall worst election performance were Yuma,
Coconino, and Pinal. Maricopa County also merits a mention for performing
poorly on the rate of provisional ballots cast and rate of absentee ballots rejected,
‘Yuma and Pinal counties both performed very poorly on the overall registra:
tion rate as well as voter turnout. Pinal had the worst registration rate in the
state, while Yuma had the second-worst registration rate. On voter turnout,
‘Yuma performed the poorest, followed by Pinal. Both counties had voter turn:
ut up to 25 percent lower than the state average.
Meanwhile, Coconino County had the second-highest rate of provisional bal-
lots castin the state, the second-highest rate of provisional ballots rejected, and
the second-highest rate of voters removed from the voting rolls.
Finally, Maricopa County stood out for having the highest rate of provisional
ballots in the state. More than 37 percent of the ballots cast on Election Day
2012 in Maricopa County were provisional ballots—a rate that was 76 percent
higher than the state average.
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2012 Arizona voting law
snapshot
Voter registration:
+ Online registration option: Yes"
+ Same-day registration option:
No®
* Deadline: 29 days prior tothe
election®
Voting administration: The
elections department in each
‘Arizona county is responsible for
coordinating and administering
Voter ID/residency require-
ments: In addition to HAVA
standards, Arizona voters were
required to show proper identi-
‘ation at the polls. This consisted
‘of a photo ID or two forms of
identification that bear the name
and address ofthe elector!®‘Arizona: Best and worst counties
County ankings fr each factorin parentheses, 1= wost-performing county
Rate of Rateot Absentee
Overall Voter provisional provisional ballot Voter
state Voter registration ballots cast, ballotsre- rejection removal
county rank —tumoutrate —rate,2012_—-2012——_—jected, 2012 rate, 2012, rate, 2012
oma 7 seme BLOTS) A)
Coconino 2 SAS (6) BDH) RI) 233412) OKTHIA) TTL)
Pinal 3 463%) 80281). 9H) TSSHLA) OHI). 123856)
Navajo 4 517% UH) 9218609) 9HEH)4SHIT) OH). TH)
Maricopa 5 S72%8) 0818) 71TH) aA) TH
Mohave 6 46983) 73KG) BHI) RAT) ONS) 3.0% 5)
Pima 7 Ses) 7388) SHS) ABNHIS) OHS) 82H)
Yavaa 5 622%) IOHHLG) TSI) TRIB) SHHKH) THI)
Cochise 9 535% (5) ST) 112) THI) «OST
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