[SKED 5 a.m. Oct. 9] Early In-Person Voting Starts in Arizona, and the Candidates Know It

Election season is already well underway, with early in-person voting kicking off Oct. 9 in Arizona, a key battleground state.
Also, mail-in ballots will be sent out that day to voters who made a one-time request or who are on the state’s active early voting list. It is also the day drop boxes open across the state.
Arizonans who receive mailed ballots can choose to vote early in person.
“Only the first ballot received and verified by the County Recorder shall be counted,” the state’s election manual states.
The deadline to request a mail-in ballot is Oct. 25.
Normal early in-person voting ends on Nov. 1 at 7 p.m., four days before Election Day, Nov. 5….