Election Security
How we keep elections safe and secure
shared responsibility
- The Recorder’s Office and the Elections Department handle different aspects of the election process in Pima County. Review each department’s roles.
- We rely on the public to keep their data updated, and to return mail that comes to incorrect addresses.
voter rolls
- We use many databases and cross-checking processes.
- Our List Maintenance Procedures
guide us
- Consult the Elections Procedures Manual on the Arizona Secretary of State’s website.
- Review Arizona’s signature verification procedures
- See our election training manuals (Uploaded after each election. Some information is redacted for security purposes.)
- Tested and monitored 24-7
- Regular physical security assessments from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
- Network protections include firewalls, encryption and intrusion-detection safeguards.
- Arizona’s Department of Homeland Security provides cybersecurity readiness tools.
- Our staff regularly attends Tabletop Exercises conducted by State and National Security Agencies to prepare for natural and denial of service attacks.
You can view reports to see a variety of statistics about current and past elections. Some information is uploaded daily, while some is only available after an election is complete.
- After an election is complete, our office contributes Voter Registration and Early Voting data to the official election record called the Canvass Report. The Elections Department is in charge of adding our data to their tabulation and audit data and submitting it to the Pima County Board of Supervisors for approval. Once approved, the information is added to the Arizona Secretary of State’s Election Process Documentation. The Pima County Canvass Report is available to the public.
- Our After Action Report is a record of what happened during the election process and how we responded.
- Political parties, nonpartisan observers and the public are allowed to observe our ballot processing.
