Arizona Presidential Preference Election Day in Yuma County
It's Election Day in Arizona and Yuma County
YUMA COUNTY, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) - It’s been a calm day as voters have been casting their ballots on Tuesday at the Yuma Civic Center, one of the nine voting locations.
People have slowly been flowing in, about five people at a time to drop off their ballots too.
The recorder's office said all nine voting centers opened with no problems Tuesday morning and shared they have backup machines just in case.
They also said there are six additional drop boxes spread across the county.
Currently, more than 70 volunteers are helping at the sites.
The Yuma county recorder shared how to ensure you can vote as polls close at 7 p.m.
“We’ll identify that last person in line and we’ll say that person gets in there, that is the last voter, everyone after that person is not allowed to vote, the last election we were there until 8 p.m.," stated Richard Colwell, Yuma County Recorder.
Local voters also shared why it's important to vote in every election.
“It’s not only our right, but our duty. We will stand before God and be accountable for everything we do one way or the other. If you don’t vote you will be accountable and if you do vote you will be accountable," stated Steve Reyes, a local Yuma voter.
“Number one it is your civic duty, the other thing too, we are responsible for what we get, for what happens in our state," said Mrs. Cuff, a local Yuma voter.
According to the recorder, about 28 percent of eligible voters are Democrats, 30 percent are Republicans, and 41 percent identify as independents.
Only registered Democrats and Republicans are able to vote in this specific election.
Currently, the eligible voter turnout is 26 percent.
The polls closed at 7 p.m. and the first batch of unofficial results should be coming out at 8 p.m. which include early voting and mail-in ballots.
Several lawmakers in Arizona who were able to give us their reaction to the elections from a local standpoint.
Arizona State Representative Tim Dunn from Yuma says voters had a lot to consider.
“Country’s in a different spot than it was in 2020 so the voters are going to have a lot of different decisions to make than there was by then and so I think they’re going to see a lot of excitement at the polls," said Representative Dunn.
Arizona State Senator Brian Fernandez was also able to give some input on what some hot topics will be during these elections.
“The legal issues around Trump and they may think the biggest issue is always going to be the economy and where we see the economy going you know inflation had been going down but took a little tick up,” said Senator Fernandez.
Yuma County Supervisor Tony Reyes shares what factors affect Donald Trump and President Biden now compared to four years ago.
“One used to be vice president of the United States and the other one served as president for four years so there was a record to look to and I think that by now they’re so well known it’s difficult to not consider that as a factor,” said Supervisor Reyes.
The current voter turnout is at 26.
