Supervisors Approve 2024 Election Plan
May 20, 2024
Maricopa County is preparing for the 2024 Primary and General Elections, with a continued focus on security, transparency, and accessibility. The plan, as approved by the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, informs Maricopa County voters and other stakeholders about key information and activities, so that they are prepared to participate in the election.
Voters will continue to have several options to participate in the Primary and General elections, including a robust voting by mail option, secure drop boxes, and Vote Centers open early and on Election Day.
Maricopa County election decisions are data-driven and look historically at election turn-out, as well as the current election climate. The plan highlights turnout predictions based on previous election cycles. These are estimates that help staff appropriate staff and resources.
2024 Primary Election:
- 2.4 million eligible voters
- 719,000 – 894,000 total ballots will be cast
- 29 – 36% turnout
2024 General Election:
- 2.5 million registered voters
- 1.9 – 2.1 million ballots will be cast
- 76 – 80% turnout
Locations.Maricopa.Vote
Maricopa County offers a "vote anywhere" election model to provide voters with increased access and reliability. Voters can choose from a variety of locations, days, and hours that are convenient for them to vote in person or drop off an early ballot.
For those voting in-person early or on Election Day for the 2024 Primary, there will be a phased opening of voting locations.
- July 3: 12 Vote Centers Open
- July 19: 30-35 Additional Vote Centers Open
- July 27-29: 90-95 Emergency Vote Centers Open
- Election Day, July 30: 230-235 Vote Centers Open from 6 am to 7 pm
Vote Centers will be located throughout Maricopa County serving rural communities, Native American tribes, and densely populated areas. On average, Vote Centers are less than two miles apart and near bus routes and light rail lines. Voters will continue to be able to view live wait times at Locations.Maricopa.Vote, search for Vote Centers near them, find hours of operation and more.
Request.Maricopa.Vote
More Maricopa County voters than ever are on the Active Early Voting List, with more than 2 million voters signed up. Early ballots will be mailed to these voters on July 3 for the Primary and October 9 for the General.
As an open primary, independent voters or those without a designated party must choose their ballot for the Primary Election, even if they are on the Active Early Voting List. These voters may select a Republican, Democratic, or a non-partisan ballot (only if the voter’s city or town has candidates or contests on the ballot). Independent voters may make these requests at BeBallotReady.Vote.
Voters who are temporarily out of town for the election can also make a request online, as official ballots and election mail cannot be forwarded. Voters who want to track their ballots can do so at BeBallotReady.Vote or text ‘Join’ to 628-683.
GetInvolved.Maricopa.Vote
Maricopa County Elections partnership with the Maricopa County community is vital to the success of election administration. For the Primary, Maricopa County is looking to hire 2,200 poll workers, more than 400 temporary workers, including truck drivers, bi-partisan ballot processing and tabulation workers, technical staff, hotline employees, and other positions to support each election.
The Board of Supervisors has approved a $1,250 incentive for election staff headquartered at the tabulation center who work 280 hours and a minimum of five weeks during the July Primary and/or November General elections. Poll workers will have the opportunity to earn an extra $2 per hour for hours worked after meeting the same requirements.
Results.Maricopa.Vote
All early and provisional ballots will be counted at the Maricopa County Tabulation and Elections Center, while Election Day ballots are counted on precinct-based tabulators inside each Vote Center.
Results will be posted at 8 p.m. on Election Day at Results.Maricopa.Vote. The first posting of results will be all the early ballots counted to that point. Throughout Election night, additional results will be released as they are returned from the Election Day Vote Centers.
For the General Election in November, it is expected that between 350,000 and 450,000 early ballots will be dropped off on Election Day. This, combined with early ballots received but not yet processed, will be tabulated and these results will be released in the days following the Election.
All results will be available at Results.Maricopa.Vote.
About Maricopa County Elections, A Department of the Board of Supervisors:
Maricopa County Elections, A Department of the Board of Supervisors serves more than 2.4 million registered voters. They are responsible for candidate filings, in-person voting and vote centers, hiring thousands of elections workers for each election, as well as the tabulation of ballots. The work supports elections in Maricopa County cities, towns, school districts and special districts.