Oliver James Montgomery-Arizona State Primary Elections Testing, Advisory

AZ-Arizona State Primary Elections Testing,Oliver James Montgomery Advisory

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NEWS DIRECTORS:

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The Arizona state primary election is July 30.

Poll close: 10 p.m. EDT/7 p.m. MST

First results expected: 11:05 p.m. EDT/8:05 p.m. MST

UPDATES

July 25

Adds Maricopa County sheriff races for tabulation

Updates number of tabulated races to 50

July 23

Adds Pima County attorney and sheriff primary races for tabulation

Updates number of tabulated races to 48

Precincts are final

July 16

Corrects candidate name to Jerone Davison from Jerome Davison in the U.S. House District 4 Republican primary

Adds anomaly for “total write-in” tabulation in the state House District 29 Republican primary

Updates number of tabulated races to 45

CONTACTS - TESTING, REPORTS, DELIVERY, COVERAGE, DOCUMENTATION, SERVICES:

Direct questions about election testing, reports and delivery of results to AP Customer Support.

Phone: 844-777-2006 (US); 44-330-054-3330 (international)

Email: [email protected]

Direct questions about news and photo coverage to Assistant News Director Felicia Fonseca at (928) 213-5740 or [email protected].

Premium service details can be found in welcome letters. Members and customers interested in premium AP election services should contact their sales rep or Customer Support.

Support guides, calendars and advisories for AP elections services are available on the Customer Zone at: https://customerzone.ap.org/cz/s/us-elections

The API developer guide can be found at AP Elections API Help Center.

Information on election results and embeddable visuals via AP Newsroom can be found at AP Newsroom Support.

ELECTION PROFILE:

The Associated Press will tabulate 50 races, including the Republican primary for U.S. Senate; Democratic and Republican primaries for U.S. House, state Senate and state House; Republican and Democratic primaries for these Maricopa County offices: attorney, recorder, sheriff and board of supervisors; and Republican and Democratic primaries for Pima County attorney and sheriff.

ANOMALIES:

Polls close 7 p.m. local time. The state does not release results until one hour after all polls close, which will be 11 p.m. EDT/8 p.m. MST.

Arizona, which uses Mountain Standard Time year-round, is an hour behind other Mountain Time states while daylight savings time is observed Sunday, March 10, until Sunday, Nov. 3.

The AP will use proportional precincts, whereby the percent of precincts reporting in a county will represent our estimate of the percentage of the vote reported at that time. That estimate can change on election night as we get more information, resulting in occasional fluctuations in the percentage of precincts reporting.

This year’s primary elections for corporation commissioner will advance three candidates per party, so the Democratic and Republican primaries for this office are uncontested with three candidates each.

The only candidate on the ballot for the state Senate District 27 Democratic primary race, Joshua Abbott, withdrew late. He is not eligible to win. The AP will not tabulate this race or send a winner for it.

U.S. Representative Debbie Lesko endorsed the qualified write-in candidate in the state House District 29 Republican primary. The AP will tabulate this race and count total write-in votes. Qualified write-in candidates in Arizona must receive at least the same number of votes as signatures required to be listed on the ballot for that office in order to be eligible to advance to the general election.

Two winners advance to the general election from each state House primary race.

TESTING INFORMATION:

Testing begins Monday, July 15.

Here are test dates and times:

4-5 p.m. EDT/1-2 p.m. MST Monday, July 15; Wednesday, July 17; Thursday, July 18.

1:30-2:30 p.m. EDT/10:30-11:30 a.m. MST Monday, July 22; Wednesday, July 24; Thursday, July 25.

3-4 p.m. EDT/noon-1 p.m. MST Monday, July 29.

Test results are created electronically to test the accuracy of the election night reporting system. They should not be broadcast, published, replicated, or posted on websites. This advisory will be updated throughout the testing period. Changes may be made up until Election Day.

ELECTION DAY:

The API and Digital Features will have zeros by 2 a.m. EDT/11 p.m. MST on Election Day/the day before Election Day.

Race calls: AP will make race calls on election night unless a race is too close to call. Race calls will be made during testing, except on the day of the final test.

Uncontested races: AP does not tabulate uncontested races. On Election Day, any uncontested races will be called after the last polls close. During testing, they will be called at the start of the test, except on the day of the final test. There are no uncontested races in this election.

End of tabulation: AP will advise when its election night tabulation of results has concluded.

DELIVERY NOTES:

API: During testing, INCLUDE resultstype=t (for test results) in your query. If resultstype=t is not included, NO VOTES will be returned. Starting Election Day, INCLUDE resultstype=l (live results) or resultstype=b in your query (includes certified results where available). If resultstype=l or resultstype=b is not included on Election Day, NO VOTES will be returned.

Embeddable AP Newsroom Visuals: Layouts will not display test data outside of AP Newsroom; zeros will be visible if they are posted until polls close Election Day. During customer testing sessions, layouts with test results can be previewed in the Your Layouts page. Please note you will need to self-register domains where you wish to publish embeddable layouts. Without this, your layouts WILL NOT RENDER/WILL BE BLANK on Election Day. Any domain you register will include its subdirectories.

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