Skip to content

Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022

Is Arizona’s Pima County denying access to party observers at early voting locations?

Jordan Gerard, Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting
yes

The Pima County Recorder’s Office said the agency cannot accommodate party observers at early voting locations because of election worker shortages. In a July 2022 statement, the office said it does not have enough personnel available to oversee observers at early voting locations, or enough trained staff to ensure voter intimidation does not occur. 

The recorder’s office has allowed observers at the ballot processing center as a courtesy, the July statement said, and the agency will continue to allow them during the November midterm election. For early voting locations, however, the office said it can only accommodate election staff within the 75-foot limit.

This fact brief is responsive to conversations such as this one.

Sources

About fact briefs

Fact briefs are bite-sized, well-sourced explanations that offer clear "yes" or "no" answers to questions, confusions, and unsupported claims circulating online. They rely on publicly available data and documents, often from the original source. Fact briefs are written and published by Gigafact contributor publications.

See all fact briefs

The Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting is the state’s only independent, nonpartisan and collaborative nonprofit newsroom dedicated to statewide, data-driven investigative reporting. AZCIR's mission is to hold powerful people and institutions accountable by exposing injustice and systemic inequities through investigative journalism.

Learn More

Latest Fact Briefs

Be a Friend of facts

Help us fund more great fact briefs like this one.