One of the last things an excited voter wants on Election Day is to be turned away from a polling station.
Within the first hours of Election Day voting, several first-time voters were turned away from ASU's on-campus polling location at the Sun Devil Fitness Complex because they were not registered to vote in the Tempe/Hudson precinct.
Nora Kuby, an election protection volunteer working at the ASU polling location, said it's absolutely crucial that one's name must be registered to vote in the Tempe/Hudson precinct in order to vote at the SDFC on the Tempe campus.
An interactive map displaying the arrangement of voting precincts within Maricopa County can be found on the Maricopa County Recorder's site.
Those who try to vote at a facility in the wrong precinct would have to resort to voting with a provisional ballot, Kuby said. Provisional ballots are counted if election official are able to confirm their legitimacy.
Kuby said she has seen cases in which students registered for the right precinct, but were still turned away because they either provided the incorrect forms of identification or did not provide enough forms of identification.
Voters hoping to take advantage of the SDFC polling center but not registered in the Tempe/Hudson precinct will not be able to update their information in time for today's election. However, a hotline is available at the SDFC to coordinate rides to other precincts in the area, according to an official with the Arizona Democratic Party.
The official said the service is a nonpartisan effort, and rides are offered no matter who a turned-away voter is supporting.
Those who are unsure of their assigned voting place can seek clarification at I Will Vote.
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