2008 Consolidated Election Dates: February 5th, 2008 - Presidential Preference Election March 11th, 2008 - Consolidated Election May 20th, 2008 - Consolidated Election September 2nd, 2008 - Primary Election November 4th, 2008 - General Election Important Dates and Voter Information - Link to the AZ Secretary of State http://www.azsos.gov/election/voterInformation.htm

Allen Tempert, Elections Director
P.O. Box 7000
700 W. Beale Street
Kingman, AZ 86402-7000
Telephone: 928-753-0733
Fax: 928-718-4956

Mission Statement:Our goal is to serve the public by managing county elections as efficiently as possible, and to reach out to every qualified voter in our county and enable them to cast their ballot in a friendly and informative environment.

The Elections Department is the operating arm of the Board of Supervisors fulfilling the responsibilities of election administration.

Duties of the Elections Department include: issues and accepts all candidate, recall and initiative/referendum petitions; issues and accepts all campaign finance forms; establishes election precinct boundaries; provides for the printing of all election related material; secures use of facilities for election day polling places; recruits, hires, trains and compensates poll workers; prepares, allocates and transports election materials to and from polling places; prepares and tests ballot tabulation equipment; tabulates ballots; provides election results.

The County is responsible for coordinating and administering Primary and General elections. Mohave County also enters into intergovernmental agreements with the City of Bullhead City, the City of Kingman, the City of Lake Havasu City, the school districts and other special districts to conduct elections for local office holders and bond issues. Major elections are held on even numbered years for state, county and federal office, schools, fire districts, community colleges and precinct committee persons. Other elections are held on odd numbered years. There are four (4) consolidated election dates in Arizona: The second Tuesday in March; the third Tuesday in May; the eighth Tuesday before the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November; the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. All jurisdictions are required to hold elections on consolidated election dates.

Candidates for office must circulate petitions and gather the required number of signatures to have their name placed on the primary ballot. The nominating petitions for county offices are submitted to the Elections Department, for State offices to the Secretary of State, for school offices to the Superintendent of School and for city offices to the City Clerk's Office.

Any changes to the precinct lines, the voter district lines or election procedures must be reviewed and approved by the United States Justice Department.

SOME FACTS ON VOTING:

1. Sample ballots are mailed to each household containing a registered voter about 10 days before an election. Your polling place is on the mailing label
2. You can vote by mail beginning 33 days before every election.
3. ID is required for Voters at the Poll Site - check out acceptable types of ID on this site
4. On county-wide elections, close to 500 people are hired to work the day and night.

Note: Early voting is a function of the Mohave County Recorders Office. To request an early ballot please contact the Mohave County Voter Registration Office at 928-753-0767 or you can print a request for early ballot from the Recorders Voter Registration Division web site.

Mohave County has approximately 96,876 registered voters residing in 73 election precincts.