Pima County General Election November 7, 2006
Arizona Proposition 205 -- "Your Right to Vote by Mail"

There exists a major problem in our American democracy that extends from the simple problem of maintaining it.  We elect representatives to put forth our ideas, which put them in charge of our elections, which creates a tempting trend towards self perpetuation.

Here we see an activist originated proposition that seeks to give us a right to vote by mail. This is an interesting Orwellian concept where that seeks to give us rights that we already have. Tucson voters overwhelmingly rejected the measure. Within 3 month time, the Mayor and Council will seek to mandate the "all-mail" system for the election of 2007. Here are the raw stats.

Ward	1	2	3	4	5	6	Total
Reg. Ward Voters	40355	46648	34722	43558	27613	37534	230430

To be fair, Proposition 205 actually sought to mandate the "all-mail" system for all state election and for all election held within the state. Nonetheless, it is interesting the in Pima County as a whole, even those who chose to vote early, polled 63.7% against requiring others to do so. No precinct within Pima County favored this measure.

See the "GEMS data from the Pima County Division of Elections (below).

PROPOSITION 205 Polling Early Prov Total Number of Precincts 409 0 0 409 Precincts Reporting 409 0 0 409 100.0 % Vote For 1 1 1 1 Times Counted (Reg. Voters 435391) 122623 153793 8519 284935 65.4 % Total Votes 117489 148298 7982 273769 Times Blank Voted 5089 5448 534 11071 Times Over Voted 45 47 3 95 Number Of Under Votes 0 0 0 0 YES 29283 53700 2429 85412 31.20% NO 88206 94598 5553 188357 68.80%

 

More Raw Data: Wards by Precinct