The City of Phoenix, Arizona Proposes A New Voting Concept!

16. March 2009 by Teri Ellis.

A new voting concept! Wow, that sounds like a great idea. Although we typically mail in our ballots, I do like some of the ideas proposed giving voters more days and more voting sites to cast their votes.

Some of those Benefits would include:

1 - Voters could cast ballots at any voting center convenient to their home, work or activities.

2 - The voting centers would be open for several days, such as the Saturday and Monday before a Tuesday election - thereby allowing more opportunities for voters to participate.

3 - The total number of facilities and workers needed would be reduced, freeing up the best facilities and using the most knowledgeable and skilled workers.

4 - This plan would reduce the number of polling places from 128 - and election costs by an estimated $250,000 addressing the fact that an overwhelming number of Phoenix residents vote early by mail. In the City’s last election in May, 96% of votes cast were by mail. Since 2001, city elections have received 80 percent of all ballots cast via mail.

For more information on the proposal and community meeting dates, times and locations, visit: Phoenix.gov.

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