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Official pledges no repeat of Arizona voting problems

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In this Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2018 photo, Maricopa County Elections official Joanne Tillson instructs election volunteers on ballots issues during a training session in Phoenix. The elections chief for the Arizona county that includes Phoenix is pledging that voters won’t face the same difficulties they experienced in August’s primary when dozens of polling locations opened late. Maricopa County Recorder Adrian Fontes said this week elections county employees instead of contracted workers will set up the voter check-in machines that were not put in place on time on Aug 28. (AP Photo/Matt York)

PHOENIX – The elections chief for the Arizona county that includes Phoenix is pledging that voters won’t face the same difficulties they experienced in August’s primary when dozens of polling locations opened late.

Maricopa County Recorder Adrian Fontes said this week elections county employees instead of contracted workers will set up the voter check-in machines that were not put in place on time on Aug 28. Voters who showed up early at those precincts could not vote at those locations, generating outrage.

Fontes has blamed a contractor hired to set up the machines, saying not enough technicians were present.

The contractor denies that but Fontes decided county workers will set up the voter check-in machines for the general election.

Maricopa County has 2.2 million of Arizona’s 3.7 million registered voters.

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