Arizona
Why is it taking so long for Arizona to count ballots?
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Some Arizonans marvel why it is taking so lengthy to get election outcomes
It has been a day for the reason that polls closed, and we’re nonetheless ready on outcomes for numerous high-profile statewide races. FOX 10’s Marissa Sarbak seems into the components behind this wait.
PHOENIX – It has been greater than 24 hours since polls closed, and a whole bunch of hundreds of ballots nonetheless should be counted in Arizona.
As counting efforts proceed, some are asking how different states like Florida get election outcomes so quick whereas Arizona nonetheless has no reply on many of the prime races.
One issue within the pace of counting is the sheer dimension of Maricopa County, which is the nation’s second largest voting jurisdiction.
For this election, 1.3 million ballots had been solid within the county, and 290,000 early ballots had been dropped off on Election Day.
The early ballots that got here in on Election Day itself are recognized in some locations as “late earlies,” the counting of which has been recognized to carry up tabulation.
2022 Arizona Election: Reside updates, outcomes as they arrive in
One other issue is the poll verification course of.
“When persons are instructed to drop off their early poll on Election Day, these cannot be counted that evening. You may’t simply run them via a machine. They need to be signature checked, scanned first, signature checked, then processed by a bipartisan board earlier than they are often counted,” mentioned former Maricopa County Recorder Helen Purcell.
Purcell mentioned there was an enormous enhance within the variety of early ballots solid. At the moment, staff are counting ballots that got here in over the weekend earlier than Election Day, and on the Monday earlier than Election Day.
“You may’t have it instantaneous until we had a race the place we had 60% and 20%,” mentioned Helen Purcell.
In response to Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer, 100,000 extra “late earlies” had been dropped off this Election Day than in 2020. It is the very best variety of early ballots turned in on Election Day within the county’s historical past.
Richer himself has famous that this would possibly spark up a coverage debate about the advantages of dropping off early ballots proper as much as Election Evening versus the worth of getting quick solutions about election outcomes.
One different issue is the race themselves: Arizona has many tight races, and candidates are jockeying for the lead as new tranches of voting knowledge are available from the varied counties.
As of Nov. 10, most of the state’s most closely-watched races have vote variations of 5% or much less.
“We knew from the get-go that this election was going to be shut, and a whole lot of ours have been,” mentioned Purcell.
There are additionally about 17,000 excellent ballots — about 7% of these solid in individual on Election Day — that had been put aside as a consequence of a Tuesday printing drawback at a few quarter of the county’s vote tabulation facilities.
A decide denied a request from Republicans to maintain the polls open, saying he didn’t see proof that folks weren’t allowed to vote, and officers mentioned these votes can be tallied all through the week.
Election officers mentioned in addition they acquired about 8,000 provisional ballots on Election Day, which included these solid by individuals who didn’t have ID, or these whose data confirmed that they had already voted by mail.
Exterior of Maricopa County, about 200,000 ballots remained to be counted, the majority of them in Pima County, which incorporates Tucson.
In rural Cochise County, supervisors voted Wednesday to enchantment a court docket ruling that had blocked a full hand-count.
A day earlier than this 12 months’s midterm elections, a decide blocked Cochise County officers’ plan to rely by hand, a measure requested by Republican officers who expressed unfounded issues that vote-counting machines are untrustworthy.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
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Arizona
3-star offensive lineman Michael Langi commits to Arizona, first pledge of 2026 class
Arizona has been on a tear this month, picking up 13 commitments in June for its 2025 recruiting class after entering with only two. And now it already has one for the following class.
3-star offensive lineman Michael Langi committed to the UA on Tuesday night, giving the Wildcats their first pledge of the 2026 class nearly 18 months before those recruits could officially sign.
he 6-foot-3, 265-pound Langi, who goes by ‘Bobo’ rather than Michael, is ranked by 247Sports as the No. 509 player in the 2026 class. He’s also considered the No. 41 interior offensive lineman in the country and the No. 79 prospect from California.
Langi, who was offered by Arizona in January, picked the Wildcats over offers from ASU, Colorado and Penn State, among others. He is the younger brother of 3-star offensive lineman Peter Langi, a 2025 recruit whom the UA had in for an official visit last weekend.
Both Langis play for Archbishop Riordan in San Francisco, the same school where Arizona recently got a commitment from 3-star offensive lineman Losipini Tupou. They are no relation to Sam Langi, who appeared in 21 games (with four starts) on the offensive line for the Wildcats from 2020-23.
Arizona
Former Baylor pitcher Collin McKinney commits to Arizona baseball
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In winning both the Pac-12 regular season and conference tournament titles, Arizona put up some of the best pitching numbers in the country and led the nation in a trio of categories.
The Kevin Vance effect was real, and it’s made the Wildcats a desirable destination for pitchers hoping to improve their pro prospects.
Arizona has landed a second potential weekend starter from the NCAA transfer portal, getting a commitment Tuesday from former Baylor right-hander Collin McKinney.
The 6-foot-5 Texas native comes to Tucson with three years of eligibility, but with a big 2025 season could get drafted. He’s coming off a 2024 campaign as a redshirt freshman (he sat out 2023 due to injury) in which he started 14 games for Baylor and was 3-6 with a 6.70 ERA.
McKinney struck out 60 batters in 49.2 innings but also walked 35 and allowed 11 home runs. He had back-to-back 10-strikeout performances midway through the season but didn’t go more than four innings in any of his final seven starts.
He is Arizona’s second portal pickup, both righties who have started throughout their college career. Last week the Wildcats landed ex-Rutgers RHP Christian Coppola.
Coppola is ranked by 64Analytics as the No. 30 transfer, while McKinney is No. 168. For perspective, none of the players Arizona has lost to the portal was ranked in the top 1,000.
The UA is likely to lose all three weekend starters with righties Clark Candiotti and Cam Walty graduating and lefty Jackson Kent expected to get drafted and start his pro career.
Arizona
Police: Horse in May crash that killed Arizona man was domesticated
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RENO, Nev. (KOLO) – Nevada State Police say the horse involved in a May crash that killed an Arizona man was domesticated.
On May 31, a 2008 Subaru Tribeca with three occupants was driving north of US 395 approaching the Red Rock off-ramp when it hit a horse in the road.
Of the three occupants, one, 19-year-old Wendem Herzog of Queen Creek, Arizona, succumbed to his injuries.
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