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.

The primary election to select local, state and congressional candidates for the 2012 general election is Tuesday, Aug. 28.  The polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Elections Director Brad Nelson said that statewide redistricting and the popularity of early voting by mail have reduced the number of precincts and polling places from 417 in 2010 to 288 this year.

So voters need to look for possible changes in precinct numbers and polling places on the sample ballots being sent to their homes.

The sample ballots are being sent to households (“Registered voters at” the household’s address) instead of to voters by name.  For example, a husband and wife living at the same address and registered in the same political party will receive one sample ballot, not two.  A husband and wife registered in different parties will each receive a ballot for the party in which they are registered.

Should the date of the primary election or a polling-place change make voting in person difficult, Nelson said voters still have until 5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 17, to request a vote-by-mail ballot.

Voters can request a vote-by-mail ballot from the Pima County Recorder’s Office at www.recorder.pima.gov or by calling (520) 724-4330.  Pima County residents who do not know whether they are qualified to vote or who want to register to vote should also contact the Recorder’s Office.

It is too late to register to vote in the primary election.  Pima County residents who want to vote in the Nov. 6 general election must register before Tuesday, Oct. 9.