Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes certified the state’s primary election results on Thursday.
All 15 counties successfully conducted the July primary, Fontes said.
He touted some changes that were implemented in this election for the first time. Apache and La Paz counties conducted successful hand-count audits and more voters were able to track their ballot’s progress than ever before using a website called BallotTrax.
“Each of these efforts is designed with the same goal in mind: making Arizona's elections more accessible, more transparent, and more secure,” Fontes said.
Fontes and state Elections Director Lisa Marra thanked county officials, poll workers and volunteers for their efforts.
Fontes noted that Apache County switched from a precinct-based voting model to a voter center model in this primary. That allows voters to cast a ballot from any voting location rather than being assigned to a specific precinct location near their home address.
Most Arizona counties use a vote center model, which is generally favored by Democrats.
Fontes tried to compel Pinal County — which uses precinct voting — to allow voters to cast ballots anywhere in the county even if they show up at the wrong location, but a Maricopa County Superior Court judge quashed that effort.
EDITOR'S NOTE: This story has been updated to correct that Pinal County uses the precinct voting.
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