Early Ballot Signature Challenges

The Elections team checks the signature on your green affidavit envelope against all known signatures in your official voter registration file and past affidavit signatures. Our signature verification process has multi-level checks to ensure only valid signatures are counted. Make sure you provide your phone number on the green affidavit envelope. The Elections team uses it to contact voters with questionable signatures. State law provides voters with questionable signatures three business days after Jurisdictional Elections and 5 calendar days after Federal Elections to confirm their signature.

What are Signature Challenges?

The Signature Challenge process allows voters to resolve any problems with the signature on the early voting green affidavit envelope. There is a small window of time to resolve signature challenges.

The deadline to verify a signature is:​​

•  5 calendar days post-Election Day for any Federal Election such as a Primary, General or March Presidential Preference Election.
• 3 calendar days post-Election Day for all other local elections.

Do I need to verify my signature?

Verifying your Signature is only required when we are unable to verify your signature through the Signature Verification process.

The Elections team will reach out to you by one of these options:​

• Mail​ (Letter from Maricopa County Elections)
• Phone (an Election official will call you directly)  
• Text/Email Automatic Ballot Status Notifications (if you have opted in to receive ballot status updates) 
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• Email​ (an Election official may email you directly if your email is on file)  
• “Check Your Status” yourself through a personalized Voter Dashboard at BeBallotReady.Vote.  If it shows on that page as “Questioned Signature”, then details and a link to the Text2Cure process will be provided.

If you are not contacted by the Elections team, you do not need to verify your ballot. ​

How to verify my signature.

You can verify your signature on your early ballot packet in two convenient ways - by logging into BeBallotReady.vote or by phone.  
These are easy ways to ensure the Elections team has complete and correct information to verify your identity so that your ballot can be processed and counted. 

Verify by BeBallotReady.vote:

• Text2Cure (when we reach out to you, information will be provided on how to utilize this Text2Cure process). It entails receiving a link to a secure portal where you can validate your signature and verify your identity by uploading an image of your AZ Driver License or AZ State ID.
• “Check Your Status” through your personalized Voter Dashboard at BeBallotReady.Vote.  If it shows on that page as “Questioned Signature”, then details and a link to the Text2Cure process will be provided.

Verify by Phone :

• 602-506-1511 (our Call Center stands ready during the election cycle to take your call and verify your identity over the phone using certain personal identifiable information contained on your voter record).