The Maricopa County Elections Department has extended drop box hours at five of the seven Emergency Voting locations until 9 p.m. Monday, March 16 for voters with early ballots.

Voters do not have to have an emergency to drop off a ballot.

The drop box outside of the Elections Department in Phoenix is open 24 hours-a-day. Voters must return ballots to a voting location or an official ballot drop box no later than 7 p.m. on Election Day, Tuesday, March 17.

Monday’s ballot drop off locations are as follows (italicized locations also offer in-person Emergency Voting until 5 p.m. for voters experiencing and emergency that would prevent them from voting on Election Day):

• Maricopa County Elections Department – MCTEC, 510 S. 3rd Ave. in Phoenix (12 a.m.-12 p.m.)
• Faith Lutheran Church, 801 E. Camelback Road in Phoenix (8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.)
• Maricopa County Elections Department – Mesa, 222 E. Javelina Ave. in Mesa (8 a.m.-9 p.m.)
• Mesa Community College at Red Mountain – Mesa, 7110 E. McKellips Road (8:30 a.m.-9 p.m.)
• Queen Creek Unified School District Office, 20217 E. Chandler Heights Road in Queen Creek (8:30 a.m.-9 p.m.)
• South Mountain Community Center, 212 E. Alta Vista Road in Phoenix (9:30 a.m.-4 p.m.)
• Surprise City Hall, 16000 N. Civic Center Plaza in Surprise (8:30 a.m.-9 p.m.)
• Tolleson Council Chambers, 9555 W. Van Buren St. in Tolleson (8:30 a.m.-9 p.m.)

Due to the rapidly changing dynamics of COVID-19, the Maricopa County Elections Department changed Election Day polling locations. In-person voters no longer have an assigned polling location. Voters may now select from any of the geographically dispersed Vote Centers. The public should visit BeBallotReady.vote to find out if they’re eligible for this election and their nearest voting location.

The county is working to balance equal access to the polls, while prioritizing the health and safety of the public, according to a release. Reducing polling sites, but increasing Vote Centers accomplishes both. Fewer polling locations also provides poll workers more cleaning supplies and ability to meet U.S. Centers for Disease Control surface cleaning directives.

There are 732,380 registered Democrats eligible to participate in the Presidential Preference Election, according to the release. As of Sunday, voters requested over 571,100 early ballots and we’ve processed over 285,174 of those ballots.

The Democratic Presidential Preference Election Day is Tuesday, March 17, 2020.

Visit BeBallotReady.vote for more election information.