Emergency voting sites open on Saturday, Monday ahead of Nov. 3 election

Pima County election officials will close its early voting sites on Friday and reopen them as emergency voting sites on Saturday and Monday ahead of the Nov. 3 election.

If you still have an early ballot that was sent to you, election elections advise that it’s too late to mail it back because it must be in in the possession of the Pima County Recorder’s Office by 7 p.m. on Election Day or it can’t be legally added to the tally. The U.S. Postal Service treats ballots as first-class mail, but they could still possibly not be processed in time.

Instead, voters should turn in their ballots at early or emergency voting sites or use one of the seven drop boxes set up around Pima County. Find drop box locations on the recorder’s website.

Voters who did not receive a ballot in the mail can still receive one at the early or emergency voting sites.

Pima County voters will help decide several key contests in the Nov. 3 election, including a congressional race between U.S. Rep. Juan Ciscomani and Democratic Party challenger JoAnna Mendoza in Congressional District 6, which is considered one the nation’s tightest toss-ups; statewide races for governor, attorney general, secretary of state and other offices; several competitive races for the Arizona Legislature; contests for local school boards and more.

Voters will also decide eight statewide propositions involving hot-button issues including how Arizona elections are run, taxation, and education funding, along with local measures in Pima County, the city of Tucson, school districts and other jurisdictions.

Read the Sentinel’s roundup of the props here and the Sentinel’s 2026 Election Guide here.

Early voting sites will close at 7 p.m. Friday and reopen on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. as emergency voting sites.

The full list of early/emergency voting sites:

• Pima County Recorder’s Office at 240 N. Stone Ave.
• Pima County Recorder’s Office at 6550 S. Country Club Rd.
• City of Tucson Ward 2 office, 7820 E. Broadway
• Oro Valley Library, 1305 W. Naranja Dr.
• Wheeler Taft Abbett Sr. Library, 7800 N. Schisler Dr.
• Woods Memorial Library, 3455 N. 1st Ave.
• Dusenberry-River Library, 5605 E. River Rd., suite 105
• Eckstrom-Columbus Library, 4350 E. 22nd St.
• Kirk-Bear Canyon Library, 8959 E. Tanque Verde Rd.
• Miller-Golf Links Library, 9640 E. Golf Links Rd.
• Pascua Yaqui Tribal Chambers, 7474 S. Camino del Oeste
• Pima County Natural Resources, Parks and Recreation Building, 3500 W. River Rd.
• Santa Cruz Room on the third floor of the UA Student Union
• Valencia Library, 202 W. Valencia Rd.
• Anamax Recreation Center, 17501 S. Camino de Las Quintas
• W. Anne Gibson-Esmond Station Library, 10931 E. May Ann Cleveland Way

Three early voting sites will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 2, at the Pima County Recorder’s Office branches at 240 N. Stone Ave. and 6550 S. Country Club Rd., as well as the at the Ward 2 Tucson City Council office, 7820 E. Broadway.

Completed early ballots can be dropped at the recorder’s East Side office, 6920 E. Broadway, between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

For Election Day, the Pima County Elections Department plans to open 126 vote centers across Pima County on Nov. 3 where voters can cast their vote in person or turn in their vote-by-mail ballots. Find a map on the Elections Department website.

This year, voters will have the option of verifying their vote-by-mail ballot at vote centers on Election Day under the provisions of a new state law aimed at reducing the number of vote-by-mail ballots that must undergo signature verification after the election.

Visit Pima.Vote for more details about voting in Pima County.