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Good morning RJ, 

Well, to quote one Maricopa City Council candidate, yesterday’s election in Pinal County was “a complete disaster.” About an hour before polls closed, the county sent out an alert to residents that some polling locations had run out of ballots. The county rushed more ballots to polling places but the error caused enough of a delay that the first unofficial results for some races in the county were not reported until after 11:45 p.m.

And the results for some city council races, in particular the ones that had been left off of mail-in ballots in July, weren’t posted to the county’s elections website until the wee hours of Wednesday morning. The situation left candidates running for Eloy, Maricopa and Casa Grandecity councils “frustrated,” “disappointed” and “looking for answers.” 

Keep an eye on our website. We’ll be reporting on the results in those races as they come in. In the meantime, here are the results from the Florence Town Council, Coolidge City Council, the Justice of Peace Precinct 5 and some local legislative races. We’ve also got early results for the vote on Florence’s home rule issue and the Maricopa City Council race.

Local NewsCG council candidates frustrated at ballot shortage, slow vote countCandidates for Casa Grande City Council described the ballot shortage situation at in-person polling stations coupled with a slow vote count on election night as “disheartening,” “frustrating,” “sad” and “unfortunate.”Read More

Bagnall, Murrieta headed toward Coolidge council seats; runoff for 3rd spot likelyWith over two hours of delays in Pinal County results, some candidates for Coolidge City Council had already gone to bed when their big leads were announced.READ MORE

Eloy man charged with burglaryA 44-year-old Eloy man has been charged with burglary after allegedly fleeing from police.READ MORESports

Walker hits 3-run homer, Diamondbacks beat GuardiansChristian Walker hit a three-run homer, Alek Thomas had a two-run double and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Cleveland Guardians 6-3 on Tuesday night to stop a four-game losing streak.READ MORE

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Casa Grande Dispatch Reporter Jodie Newell and Associate Editor Rofida Khairalla have the Back Story on the latest edition of Pinal Ways.WATCH HEREArea NewsFederal agency awards $400,000 for study on Maricopa ag siteU.S. Economic Development Agency awarded $400,000 to collaborators to complete a study on a Maricopa site.READ MOREArizona Water Company donates money, bottled water to AZ City residentsAfter a city-wide blackout left Arizona City residents without power, many of them have still been dealing with the fallout over two weeks later.READ MORE

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