Voter Information

The City of Phoenix will hold the regularly scheduled Mayor and Council election on Tuesday, August 30, 2011.  In this election, registered voters who reside in the City of Phoenix will elect a Mayor and decide two ballot measures, which include continuance of the Home Rule expenditure limitation and referendum measure.  Also, voters residing in City Council Districts 1, 3, 5, and 7 will elect Council Members and voters residing in District 2 will elect a Council Member in a Special Vacancy Election to replace a Council Member who resigned.

A Runoff Election will be held on Tuesday, November 8, 2011 if no candidate receives a majority of the votes cast for an office in the August election.

Important Dates:

• Earliest date to file nomination papers                                    May 2, 2011
• Earliest date to request a ballot by mail                                  May 2, 2011
• Latest date to file ballot measure arguments                          June 1, 2011
• Latest date to file nomination papers                                      June 1, 2011
• Mail Sample Ballot/Publicity Pamphlet                                     July 25, 2011
• Latest date to register to vote                                                 August 1, 2011
• Early voting and mailing of early ballots begins                      August 4, 2011
• Latest date to request a ballot by mail                                    August 19, 2011
• Last day to vote at early voting sites                                       August 26, 2011
• Voting starts at voting centers                                                 August 27, 2011
• Voting continues at voting centers                                          August 29, 2011
• ELECTION DAY – last day to vote at a voting center              August 30, 2011

Early Voting
Early voting begins on Thursday, August 4, 2011.  Voters on the permanent early voting list were mailed a notice of the election the week of May 2.  Voters on this list will receive a ballot by mail unless the voter returns the notice or notifies the City Clerk by Saturday, July 16 to not send the ballot.  Voters not on the permanent list may submit a signed, written request for an early ballot by mail.

Request forms will be available at http://phoenix.gov/ELECTION/elect6.html and at city public service counters and city libraries.  The City Clerk must receive a voter’s signed request for a ballot by mail no later than Friday, August 19.

Voting at the Polls
The City of Phoenix will be using voting centers for the first time this Election.  Voters no longer are required to vote at a specified polling place in the voter’s precinct for City of Phoenix elections.  Any city voter can use any one of the 26 voting centers to cast a ballot.  For voting convenience, in addition to Election Day, the voting centers will be open on the Saturday and Monday prior to Election Day.  This new way of voting is only for elections conducted by the City of Phoenix.  A list and map of the Voting Centers will be available at http://phoenix.gov/ELECTION/elect6.html and in the Sample Ballot and Publicity Pamphlet.  This Pamphlet will be available in late July.  For additional assistance locating a voting center that is convenient, voters can call the Election Information Line at 602-261-VOTE (8683).

For additional information about this election, please visit the City Clerk Department website at http://phoenix.gov/ELECTION/voteidx.html or call the Elections Division of the City Clerk Department at 602.534.2737.