Democrats outpace Republicans in early voting in Arizona for first time with 1 week until Election D
With a week remaining, early ballots returned by Democratic voters are outpacing Republican ballots for thefirst time in modern Arizona history this close to Election Day, leaving the GOP with a lot of ground to make up in the closing days of the election.
Of the 1.17 million ballots returned in Maricopa County through Monday, 457,000, or 39%, were from Democrats; 422,000, or 36%, were from Republicans; and 285,000, or 24%, were from independent voters and those not designating a party.
Maricopa County has processed 1.2 million ballots through Tuesday — meaning the voter's signature has been verified. That almost equals the 1.25 million total early ballots cast in 2016, said Megan Gilbertson, spokeswoman for the Maricopa County Elections Department.
The difference between the number of early ballots returned and the number processed is due to a one-day lag in the reporting of returned ballots.
The county has already surpassed the 2018 total for early voting.
Maricopa County Democrats have never outpaced Republicans in early voting so close to Election Day.
https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/10/28/arizona-democrats-still-outpacing-republicans-early-balloting/3755011001/