Arizona primary vote questioned, over a hundred thousand votes uncounted

162,398 votes remain uncounted

Too many people voted in Cochise County yesterday, and now all results are on hold. The new results may affect the outcomes of state-wide races.

Cochise County experienced technical difficulties with yesterday’s tabulation of ballots that will cause a revision of the Primary Election Night Results, possibly changing the outcomes of some races.

Previously posted results for this county have been removed from the Secretary of State’s election reporting system. Cochise County is actively working on a resolution and new files are to be uploaded when available, according to the Recorder’s Office.

During Primary Election Night Reporting, Yavapai County, working with new election equipment, experienced technical difficulties properly exporting the results file out of its system. Yavapai County worked throughout the night and exported a results file at approximately 5:40 a.m.

Once Yavapai exported the file, that data was uploaded into the state election night reporting system.

In May 2014, Yavapai County approved this election equipment for experimental use pursuant to A.R.S. 16-442(F). Since the Secretary of State’s Office certifies an end-to-end voting system, the system as configured in Yavapai County was not certified by the State. This new election system, Unisyn OpenElect, is only used in Yavapai County.

Questions are arising about the equipment. Pima County, which has a long history of election irregularities, is considering purchasing similar equipment this month. The matter will come before the County Supervisors next week.

At approximately 4:00 p.m., the Pima County Recorder’s Office turned over 10,010 early ballots to be counted by the Elections Division. Provisional ballots are still being processed.

A state canvass to certify official election results for federal, statewide and legislative races is scheduled for September 8.

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