Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes has said that the election in his state appears to be “running about as smoothly as it could be,” though CNN is aware of issues in Apache County.
He could not confirm the reported issue in Apache County, where Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren claimed on X some voting machines are down and some voters are being turned away.
“This isn’t the first time Apache County has had voting issues on Election Day, but this is the worst we’ve ever seen it,” Katherine Belzowski, the assistant attorney general of the Navajo Nation Department of Justice, told CNN.
Fontes, however, advised voters to stay at the polling centre if there’s an issue and wait for it to be resolved.
He reported there were only two minor issues with polling locations — one in which someone forgot a key to a Maricopa County location and another location in Mohave County that briefly lost power — but that all locations were up and running by 6:20am local time.
Fontes said statewide early voting numbers are still being compiled and he will provide an update on estimates later today, but there has been record early voting turnout in Arizona — higher than it was in the 2020 election.
