Provisional ballots drop but higher percentage thrown out, canvass shows

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Secretary of State Michele Reagan issued the election canvass today, putting an official end to the 2016 election.

Gov. Doug Ducey is out of town and Reagan filled in for him as acting governor. Her assistant secretary of state, Lee Miller, filled in for Reagan as acting secretary of state in signing the form.

Reagan noted that 2016 felt like the never-ending election year, because there were four statewide elections this year. The planning for them started nearly a year ago when elections officials drew names to determine the order that the Presidential Preference Election candidates would appear on the ballot.

Reagan noted that the number of provisional ballots was dramatically cut from the last presidential election and only 102,000 were cast this election cycle, compared to 183,000 in the 2012 election.

But a larger percent of those provisional ballots were tossed out.

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Corrie O'Connor