FINISH YOUR BALLOT FOR MARICOPA COUNTY
Thank you for becoming informed and participating in our democracy!  Vote Local!

I. Dates for Maricopa County Elections 2018

Primary Election, August 28
Last date to register for primary July 30. Mail-in voting begins August 1.

General Election, November 6
Last date to register for general October 9. Mail-in and early voting begins Oct. 10. Mail in ballot by Oct. 31.
 
II. What County District Am I?
See information on the election districts you live in, the listings of elected officials and your sample ballot.   See Maricopa Recorder and Maricopa Vote.

So Many Districts!!
In Maricopa County, we live in congressional, legislative, county supervisory, justice of the peace and constable districts as well as a voting precinct, K-12 school, possibly high school or unified school district, technical education, community college, special health care, and maybe even a fire district or other special taxing district.  Maricopa County has over 90 special taxing districts.  By state law all are required to produce budgets, annual reports, and hold board elections in addition to their governance responsibilities.  The Clerk of the Board of Supervisors facilitates these activities.  The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors approves the budgets and tax levies.  Or, with educational and health care districts, we vote on the board members who vote on the budgets.

III. What’s on My Ballot?
Go to the Arizona Clean Elections Commission to see your ballot and read about Arizona’s Voter Crisis. You can change a crisis into an opportunity! Finish every ballot, every election!!

Best Resource: Go to AZ Clean Elections and complete “Find Your Voting and Candidate Information” with your address. You will see a list of your ballot information and at the bottom, a list of Candidate Forums that will provide information on your local candidates. You may also wish to review How Government Works.

Maricopa County Recorder’s What’s on My Ballot?
​IV. Maricopa County Midterm Elections 2018
Maricopa County, Arizona will hold general elections for:

Vote Local
Why should every voter finish the ballot?  Not voting for a candidate in any government office leaves the choice of who affects our daily lives up to others.  These decisions affect you!

How does voting affect my life? Decisions made by our elected County officials affect every person in Arizona. That includes anyone who lives in a town or county; who pays any taxes, drives roads, or goes to parks; whose kids attend school or college; who needs a driver’s license or any kind of certification; or who has ever gone to court as a defendant, litigant, witness, or juror. 
Why are Maricopa County elections important to me? Maricopa County is one of the largest as well as the fastest growing county in the United States, spending almost $2.5 billion to maintain our services. Maricopa County supervisors and officials administer department budgets and make crucial decisions that impact all county residents via property and taxes, county services, school funding, coordinated law enforcement, health care, the courts, and all elections. 
How do I get the information I need to vote in all elections? Visit League of Women Voters of Metropolitan Phoenix Elections http://www.lwvmetrophoenix.org/Elections/ to get links to all your voting needs on state, county, city, school, college, boards, commissions, and judicial elections. 
Here’s your chance to make a difference in government. Vote local! To use your voice and make democracy work, get informed and vote every office, on every ballot, every time.
Find information on how to Finish Your Ballot – Maricopa County in November 2018 at LWVMetroPhoenix.org.
From the League of Women Voters. LWV is a non-partisan organization that provides information about the elections and candidates with links to more detailed information, so every voter can be informed and vote intelligently. LWV never supports or opposes no party or candidate. 

Washington, DC and Columbus, Ohio - Today, the Supreme Court ruled against Ohio voters by upholding the state’s purging practice for those voters who did not vote in a single election in the case of Husted v. A. Phillip Randolph Institute.

“The Supreme Court got this one wrong.” The right to vote is not ‘use it or lose it’,” said Chris Carson, League of Women Voters US President. “The public trust in the fairness of our elections is badly shaken. This decision will fuel the fire of voter suppression across the country who want to make sure their chosen candidates win re-election - no matter what the voters say.”

The League of Women Voter (US), the League of Women Voters Ohio, and the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law previously filed a friend of the court brief in the case, arguing the the state’s purge process which could be initiated after a voter missed a single federal election, violated the Nation Voter Registration Act. Ohio’s voter purge practice kept hundreds of thousands of eligible registered voters from participating in the 2016 elections.

“Not only did Ohio voters not find justice today, but the high court has opened up the opportunity for extreme voter purge to continue in Ohio, which could spread to other states,” said Jen Miller, Executive Director of the League of Women Voters of Ohio. “Today’s decision further undermines the National Voter Registration Act’s protections for duly registered voters, which will increase voter confusion and provisional ballot counts in the fall. We encourage all Ohio voters to confirm their registration ahead of this fall’s elections and to join the League as volunteers register and re-register eligible voters.”

“While this is disappointing, Ohio is one of only a few states that used failure to vote as a trigger for kicking someone off the roles,” said Myrna Pérez, Director of the Voting Rights and Elections Project at the Brennan Center for Justice. “Our worry is that other states will take this decision as a green light to implement more aggressive voter purges as the 2018 elections loom.”

“A democracy is stronger when every voice can be heard - when every eligible voter can cast their vote and have it counted,” Carson said. “The League of Women Voters will continue to fight for voting rights, for equality at the ballot box, and equal representation in government.”