{"id":2366331,"date":"2024-11-08T20:34:02","date_gmt":"2024-11-09T01:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/five-reasons-arizona-hasnt-declared-who-won-presidential-and-senate-contests-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-11-08T20:38:44","modified_gmt":"2024-11-09T01:38:44","slug":"five-reasons-arizona-hasnt-declared-who-won-presidential-and-senate-contests-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/five-reasons-arizona-hasnt-declared-who-won-presidential-and-senate-contests-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Five reasons Arizona hasn\u2019t declared who won presidential and Senate contests &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffive-reasons-arizona-hasnt-declared-who-won-presidential-and-senate-contests-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2366331&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article\u2063 discusses the delay in declaring the winners of the presidential\u2064 and \u200cSenate contests in Arizona, which remains unresolved nearly three days after polls \u2063closed. Republican Kari Lake and Democratic\u2064 Representative Ruben Gallego are in a tightly contested Senate\u2062 race, while former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are competing in the presidential race, with Trump currently leading.\u2063 Several factors contribute to the delay in results:<\/p>\n<p>1. **Mechanical Problems with Tabulators**: \u2062A significant issue arose in Cochise County, where mechanical\u2062 difficulties with vote tabulators slow the counting process, \u2063leaving over \u206457% of ballots uncounted.<\/p>\n<p>2. **Prolonged Ballot Length**: The use of long, two-page ballots for \u2064the first time in nearly two\u200c decades has increased processing time in Maricopa County, resulting in\u200b about 20% of \u200dballots still waiting to be counted, which complicates overall results \u200cfor the state.<\/p>\n<p>3.\u200b **Late Early Voting**: A\u2064 large turnout for early \u200dvoting in Maricopa County, with many\u2063 voters submitting their ballots just before Election Day, created substantial backlogs and delayed processing.<\/p>\n<p>4. **Legal Issues**: In\u2064 Apache\u200c County, technical difficulties \u2064with ballot\u2063 printers led to a court order extending voting hours at several polling places, further complicating the tallying \u2064of votes.<\/p>\n<p>These factors combined \u2062have resulted in a \u200dprolonged wait for the election outcomes in a state that plays a crucial role in national \u200delections.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Five reasons Arizona hasn&rsquo;t declared who won presidential and Senate contests&nbsp;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1874250\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Nearly three full days have passed since polls closed in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/arizona\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Arizona<\/a> and voters across the state still don&rsquo;t know who won the state&rsquo;s close <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Senate<\/a> and presidential races.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>As of Friday evening, the winner in the senate race between Republican Kari Lake and Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ruben-gallego\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Ruben Gallego<\/a> (D-AZ) has yet to be declared. The same goes for the top of the ticket, where it remains to be confirmed whether President-elect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> or Vice President Kamala Harris won the battleground state.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Gallego leads Lake by a narrow margin, while Trump holds a comfortable advantage over Harris. Here are a few reasons why ballots are still being counted, holding up the final results in the two races, and others across the state.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump listens as Arizona Senate candidate Kari Lake speaks at a campaign rally at the Findlay Toyota Arena Sunday, Oct. 13, 2024, in Prescott Valley, Ariz. (AP Photo\/Ross Franklin)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Problems with tabulators<\/h2>\n<p>One of the larger counties in the state has run into significant mechanical difficulties with tabulators that have slowed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-denies-missouri-request-to-block-doj-from-monitoring-polls-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Judge denies Missouri request to block DOJ from monitoring polls - Washington Examiner\">ballot-counting process<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Cochise County had more than 57% of its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ballots\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">ballots<\/a> left to count as of Thursday evening. A&nbsp;spokesperson for&nbsp;Secretary of State Adrian Fontes&rsquo;s office said the problem had made it possible to count only a few ballots at a time, per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.votebeat.org\/arizona\/2024\/11\/08\/arizona-results-delayed-problems-opening-counting-ballots\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><em>Votebeat Arizona<\/em><\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Long ballots<\/h2>\n<p>A long, two-page ballot used by counties across Arizona has turned the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-jersey-republican-jack-ciattarelli-concedes-governors-race\/\" title=\"New Jersey Republican Jack Ciattarelli Concedes Governor\u2019s Race\">vote-counting process<\/a> into a lengthy ordeal. &nbsp;The 2024 elections marked the first time in nearly two decades that Maricopa County&rsquo;s ballots stretched to a second page.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer said the ballots are subsequently taking nearly double the usual time to process. Roughly 20% of ballots had yet to be processed as of Thursday evening. Delays in Maricopa, the largest county in the state, are subsequently holding up results for the rest of the state.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Late early voting deadlines<\/h2>\n<p>Hundreds of thousands of people early voted in Maricopa County alone. However, per state law, their votes weren&rsquo;t processed before Election Day, and many voters didn&rsquo;t even drop off their early ballots until Nov. 5, creating huge backlogs in the populous county. <\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s what the state calls the &ldquo;late-early voter&rdquo; phenomenon, with voters dropping off more than 225,000 early ballots at Maricopa County polling centers on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We have a substantial number of voters who take their early ballot and they kind of keep it on their kitchen counter for like three weeks, &rdquo; Arizona Republican state Rep. Alexander Kolodin told <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azcentral.com\/story\/news\/politics\/elections\/2024\/11\/07\/why-does-arizona-take-so-long-to-get-election-results\/76097091007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Arizona Central<\/a><\/em>. <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Court order<\/h2>\n<p>After Apache County ran into technical problems with ballot printers at over a dozen polling locations, a <a href=\"https:\/\/nativenewsonline.net\/currents\/apache-county-superior-court-grants-navajo-nation-s-request-to-extend-voting-hours\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">court order<\/a> mandated nine <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">sites extend polling closing times<\/a> by two hours in order to accommodate long lines of voters.<\/p>\n<p>With the hours pushed out, results are still trickling in. A<a href=\"https:\/\/apps.arizona.vote\/electioninfo\/BPS\/47\/0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> tracker<\/a> on the secretary of state&rsquo;s website indicates roughly 25% of the county&rsquo;s ballots have yet to be processed as of Wednesday evening.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Unclear voter marks<\/h2>\n<p>Election officials struggled to process ballots with unclear voter marks in Yavapai and Pinal counties. According to the secretary of state&rsquo;s data, over 11% of Pinal County ballots and 30% of Yavapai&rsquo;s have yet to be tabulated.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3220757\/what-happens-donald-trump-president-elect\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>WHAT HAPPENS NOW THAT TRUMP IS PRESIDENT-ELECT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yavapai County Elections Director Laurin Custis said Friday, &ldquo;I know people are clamoring for results, but we are doing the best we can here,&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sunday marks the deadline or end of the &ldquo;cure&rdquo; period for voters notified of problems with their ballots to fix any problems.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1874250\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1874250\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Five reasons Arizona hasn&#8217;t announced election results yet<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2366334,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/kari-lake-donald-trump-rally.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4472,32321,44474,44657,32076],"class_list":["post-2366331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-arizona","tag-election-results","tag-presidential-contest","tag-senate-contest","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/kari-lake-donald-trump-rally.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2366331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2366331"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2366331\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2366337,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2366331\/revisions\/2366337"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2366334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2366331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2366331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2366331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}