PHOENIX, Ariz.—Maricopa County Recorder Adrian Fontes’s (D.) answers to questions about controversial emergency voting centers opened on the Saturday and Monday before Election Day only inspired more criticism from Republicans, who consider the centers workarounds for voting election deadlines set by law.
By law, early voting is supposed to end on the Friday before Election Day, but the law also provides for the emergency voting centers that may be created after. Ambiguities over the “emergency voting” statute—including questions as to what constitutes an emergency and whether or not a voter should have to prove their emergency—are the points of conflict.
During “Sunday Square Off” on local NBC Affiliate 12News, political reporter Brahm Resnik pressed Fontes on the decisions, first by asking about the locations of the emergency voting centers, and whether the locations favored Democrats.
The following image, provided by the Arizona Republican Party, shows precinct-by-precinct results for Maricopa County for this election, and also shows the location of the emergency voting centers. – READ MORE