About Elections
In Yavapai County, the elections and voter registration duties are carried out under the direction of the County Recorder.
Duties of the Elections Department:
- Conduct Primary, General and Presidential Preference elections
- Contract election services with various jurisdictions in the county such as:
- cities & towns
- fire districts & sanitary districts
- domestic water & waste water improvement districts
- Reserve up to 100 polling places
- hire 700+ poll workers to staff
- prepare & deliver 800+ voting booths
- test & deliver 100+ Accu-Votes (optic scan vote tabulation equipment)
- test & deliver 100+ Accessible Voting Units (touch-screens)
- prepare & deliver maps and supplies
- Elections is also responsible for:
- Preparation, ordering & testing of all ballots
- Candidate and political campaign filings
- Tabulation of early and vote by mail ballots
- Canvass of election results
Unofficial election results are now usually available by 8:00 p.m. election night on the Yavapai County website.
