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Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022

Are Democrats in charge of ballot counting in Arizona?

Austin Tannenbaum, Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting
no

Arizona law requires bipartisan representation among poll workers, according to the Brennan Center. For example, inspectors, marshals, and judges "must be divided equally between the two major political parties." Additionally, "Counties must have an equal number of inspectors in their precincts from each of the two political parties, and the marshal and inspector for a given precinct must be from opposing parties."

In Arizona's decentralized election system, each county is responsible for conducting elections in their jurisdiction. Each county's election director oversees the conduct of elections on Election Day and ballot tabulation. According to the Arizona Citizens Clean Elections Commission, "The Election Director oversees the securing of polling places, hires and trains poll workers, conducts logic and accuracy testing on the equipment and tabulates the votes."

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