A record 45,294 Arizonans registered Monday to vote in the general election through ServiceArizona.com. Another 18,576 registered to vote on Sunday through ServiceArizona.com, with use beginning to spike during that evening’s presidential debate.
Demand was so great as Monday’s deadline to register loomed that ADOT worked with IBM, the provider behind ServiceArizona.com, to increase capacity.
ServiceArizona.com’s previous one-day record for voter registrations was 36,532 on Monday, Oct. 6, 2008, the deadline to register to vote in that year’s general election.
Using ServiceArizona.com via computer, smartphone or tablet, Arizonans can register to vote for the first time or update their voter information such as home address, political party preference, early voting status and other information.
Once a person completes the process either online or in person, their information is sent to the Secretary of State’s Office, where it is recorded and shared with county election offices. Since 2002, ADOT’s Motor Vehicle Division has facilitated nearly 6 million voter transactions online and at MVD offices.
The Pima County Recorder’s Office will begin mailing ballots for the Nov. 8 Presidential General Election today.
“This first wave beats the previous record of vote-by-mail ballots for Pima County, set at 295,000 in the 2012 Presidential General Election,” said Pima County Recorder F. Ann Rodriguez.
The first legal day when all counties within the State of Arizona can begin mailing ballots to registered voters is Oct. 12. Over 1.5 million vote-by-mail ballots will be deposited in the Postal System for Arizona voters on this day.