Overview
- Polls are open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Tuesday and voters who missed Maricopa County's mail‑back deadline can still drop off early ballots or bring them to any polling place for on‑site tabulation.
- Maricopa County's online ballot‑tracking tools show when a ballot is received, verified and counted so voters can monitor the status of their returned ballots.
- Election night returns are expected to begin around 8 p.m., but those totals will be unofficial until counties complete signature checks, count brought‑in mail ballots and certify results.
- The primary decides party nominees for top statewide offices and more than 70 legislative candidates are on the ballot, so administration and turnout will affect the November matchups.
- Voting‑rights groups trained about 80 constitutional observers to watch procedures, and officials caution that provisional ballots and signature verification can keep final tallies open for days.