Voters across Yuma County cast their ballots for the Arizona Special Primary Election

YUMA COUNTY, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) - Tuesday is the Arizona Special Primary Election, and voters across Yuma County will have their voices heard on who advances to the General Election in September.

Voting centers across the county opened at 6:00 a.m. for the Special Primary Election in Congressional District 7.

Mary Lackey, a local voter, shared why she thinks it's important to come out and vote.

"I think voting is a civic responsibility and if you want to have a say in your government, in what's happening in your country, in this country, it's very important to vote," Lackey said.

Several candidates are on the ballot to fill the seat one held by the late Congressman Raul Grijalva, including five Democrats, three three Republicans, candidates from other parties and several write-ins.

Voters can cast their ballots at any of the six voting centers:

• Martin Luther King Jr. Youth Career Center
• Yuma Main Library
• Arizona Western College's Schoening Conference Center
• Somerton Community Center
• San Luis Library
• The Cesar Chavez Cultural Center

Voters were able to cast their final votes at the 7 p.m. deadline at these locations:

• Yuma County Recorder's Office
• Main Library
• Foothills Library
• Wellton Library
• San Luis Library
• Somerton Library

The projected winners for the race are Adelita Grijalva and Daniel Butierez respectively.

Butierez shared some words of encouragement as the race came to an end.

"I think we all need to come together and work together and set parties aside which is why we're coming together tonight, bringing party Democrats, Republicans, we're all coming together to show unity," he said.

Meanwhile, Grijalva shared the response she received from the public.

"We've had a really wonderful opportunity to talk to thousands of voters, and we drove all over CD-7 and had really good responses from people everywhere we've gone," Grijalva says.

Once the two winners are formally announced, they will head to the General Election in September.