Foulla Pearson, front left, in black and Cris Figueroa, front right, process ballots during ballot counting at the Pima County Elections Department on November 9, 2012.

Pima County finished counting an additional 5,515 early ballots Tuesday, Nov. 13, as elections officials continue working to finalize election results.

Of the 261,363 early ballots verified by the Pima County Recorder’s Office as of Tuesday, roughly 1,550 early ballots remain to be counted by the Pima County Elections Department.

The count will resume at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 14. Brad Nelson, director of the Pima County Elections Department, said that he expects all early ballots to be counted by the end of the day Wednesday.

Approximately 27,000 provisional ballots were issued at the polling places on Election Day. The Recorder’s Office has verified and turned over to the Elections Department for counting 2,386 provisional ballots so far. The Recorder has until Nov. 16 to verify the remaining provisional ballots.

Nelson said he expects the counting of provisional ballots will probably begin Thursday.

An as-yet-undetermined number of provisional and conditional ballots issued at the polling places will not be certified for a number of different reasons, including if voters failed to provide the appropriate identification, were not registered to vote, or already cast an early ballot before showing up at the polling places.

As Election 2012 is finalized, daily updates will be posted by 6 p.m. on Pima County’s home page, www.pima.gov, with the total number of ballots counted that day.

By statute, Pima County must certify its election results by Nov. 26.

For the latest results, please visit http://www.pima.gov/elections/results.htm.

The Pima County Elections Department publishes a schedule of elections events at http://www.pima.gov/elections/PDF/event%20schedule.pdf.

If you’d like to watch a live feed of the ballot counting, please visit http://streamer.pima.gov/asxgen/wmtencoder/elections.wmv.

To track how many ballots the Recorder’s Office has turned over to the Elections Department, please visit http://www.recorder.pima.gov/ballot_turnover.aspx.

Registered voters in Pima County who did not receive an early ballot can find the location of their polling place on the yellow postcard and sample ballot that was mailed to them last month.

Voters can also find their polling places online at:

• http://www.pima.gov/elections/polling/

or

• http://www.recorder.pima.gov/public/voter_info.aspx

Voters can also find out their polling places by calling the Pima County Recorder’s Office at 520-724-4330 or the Pima County Elections Department at 520-724-6830.

If you received an early ballot but did not mail it in, do not mail it now. You may drop it off at any polling location today or at one of three convenient Recorder’s Office locations:

• Downtown: 115 N. Church Ave.
• East side: 6920 E. Broadway Blvd.
• Country Club: 6550 S. Country Club Road

Voters must bring proper identification to their polling places to vote. Voters in 2004 approved a mandate that everyone voting at the polls must show proper identification. You must provide either:

a)     one piece of identification that includes a photograph, your name and current address, such as an Arizona-issued driver’s license or identification card or a tribal enrollment card; or

b)     two pieces of identification without photographs, which include your name and address, including a utility bill, a bank statement, vehicle registration, property tax statement or voter registration card.

For more specific information, please call 520-724-4330 or visit http://www.recorder.pima.gov/voter_faq_electionday.aspx#k.

To view election results as they come in after 8 p.m., please visit http://www.pima.gov/elections/results.htm.