{"id":3230,"date":"2026-07-08T11:33:41","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T11:33:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tucsonmovingreport.com\/?p=3230"},"modified":"2026-07-08T11:33:41","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T11:33:41","slug":"important-deadlines-for-arizonas-2026-primary-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tucsonmovingreport.com\/?p=3230","title":{"rendered":"Important deadlines for Arizona\u2019s 2026 primary election"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<section>\n<p><b>PHOENIX (AZFamily) \u2014 <\/b>Election season is in full swing in Arizona, with the state\u2019s primary election set for July 21. Early ballots have been sent out and early voting started June 24.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/tucsonmovingreport.com\/?p=3228\">Tucson USD chronic absenteeism worse than nearly every other district in state<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you haven\u2019t received a ballot or need a new one, you still have time.<\/p>\n<p>Friday, July 10, is the last day to request an early ballot.<\/p>\n<p>This is especially important for registered Independents, who need to request either a Democratic or Republican ballot to vote by mail in the primary.<\/p>\n<p>Other important deadlines to keep track of:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>July 10: Last day to request a replacement ballot by mail<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>July 14: Last day to mail back your ballot<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>July 17: Last day to vote early in-person<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>July 21: Election Day<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In Maricopa County, more than a dozen locations for in-person early voting. Several ballot drop box sites are also available across the county. <\/p>\n<p>The Maricopa County website has a list of locations and hours of operation, which are subject to change. <\/p>\n<p>There will be two 24-hour drop boxes at the Maricopa County election\u2019s tabulation and election center in downtown Phoenix and its Mesa location.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/tucsonmovingreport.com\/?p=3226\">DOJ threatens criminal prosecution of Arizona election staff over non-citizen votes<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, the state Legislature passed a bipartisan measure that Gov. Hobbs signed that moved Arizona primaries to the second-to-last Tuesday in July. Previously, the date of the primary was the first Tuesday in August.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on deadlines and how to request a ballot in the Valley, click or tap here.<\/p>\n<p>For information on voting in all Arizona counties, click or tap here.<\/p>\n<p><i>See a spelling or grammatical error in our story? <\/i><i>Please click here to report it<\/i><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Do you have a photo or video of a breaking news story? Send <\/i><i>it to us here<\/i><i> with a brief description.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/tucsonmovingreport.com\/?p=3224\">Mount Lemmon placed under Stage 3 water restrictions again<\/a><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arizona voters face key July deadlines to request, return or cast early ballots before the July 21 primary election.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3229,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Important deadlines for Arizona\u2019s 2026 primary election - Tucson Moving Report<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/tucsonmovingreport.com\/?p=3230\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Important deadlines for Arizona\u2019s 2026 primary election - 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