2024 holds significant importance for voters around the country, and especially for our Native vote in the Gila River Indian Community. The upcoming Primary and General Elections will decide the next Presidential term, and it's crucial that every voice is heard. Let's all come together and make sure our voices count—Sko Vote Gila River!
Explore this page for voting resources to ensure you're prepared for the upcoming elections.
Upcoming 2024 Election Dates:
Primary Election: July 30, 2024
Voter Registration Deadline: July 1, 2024
Early Voting Begins: July 3, 2024
Mail-In Ballot Request Deadline: July 19, 2024
General Election: November 5, 2024
Voter Registration Deadline: October 7, 2024
Early Voting Begins: October 9, 2024
Mail-In Ballot Request Deadline: October 25, 2024
What to know before you vote
Review the following requirements and forms of identification to ensure you’re prepared to vote in the upcoming elections.
Arizona Voter Registration Requirements:
You must be registered 29 days prior to an election to be eligible to vote on that election.
State law requires Arizona residents to meet the following criteria to register:
- Citizen of the United States
- 18-years old on or before the date of the next general election
- Resident of Arizona and the county listed on your registration
- Not convicted of a felony or treason, unless civil rights have been restored
Single Felony Conviction – If a person has been only convicted of a single felony offense, the right to vote is automatically restored as soon as the court-imposed sentence has been completed.
Two or more Felony Convictions – If the person was convicted of two or more felony offenses, the individual must petition the court that sentenced them for restoration of their civil rights, including the right to vote.
Persons sentenced with lifetime probation are not eligible for rights restoration under statute.
Forms of Identification
As of 2019, Arizona voters are now required to bring identification to vote in person at an early voting location. Names and addresses on IDs must “reasonably match”. For non-traditional addresses, an exact match is not required. The only form of ID you need to vote by mail is your signature. An identification is “valid” unless it can be determined on its face that it has expired.
List #1 (One Required)
To use just one ID at the polls, voters need a valid government issued ID that includes their name, photo, and the address where they are registered to vote.
- Valid Arizona Driver License
- Valid Arizona ID card
- Tribal Enrollment Card or Other Form of Tribal Identification
- Valid U.S. Federal, State, or Local Government-Issued ID
List #2 (Two Required) check
Must have the voter’s name and address. Voters without a List #1 photo ID may choose two options from List #2.
- Utility Bill – Must be dated within 90 days of the election. A utility bill may be for electric, gas, water, solid waste, sewer, telephone, cellular phone, or cable television
- Bank or Credit Union Statement - Must be dated within 90 days of the election
- Valid Arizona Vehicle Registration
- Recorder’s Certificate
- Mail marked “Official Election Material”
- Valid Arizona Vehicle Insurance Card
- Valid Government ID – U.S. federal, state, or local government-issued identification without a photo, including a voter registration card issued by the County Recorder.
- Property Tax Statement
- Tribal Identification – Includes Indian census cards, tribal enrollment cards, or other form of tribal identification without the voter’s photos
List #3 (Combination of Identification)
- Valid Picture ID (List #1) & Valid Address (List #2)
- U.S. Passport & One Valid Item From List #2
- U.S. Military ID & One Valid Item From List #2
Gila River Indian Community Precincts
What is a voting precinct?
A precinct is a smaller area within an electoral district where all voters go to one polling place to cast their vote. Gila River has the following precincts:
Maricopa County:
Pee-Posh – 439
Komatke – 376
Lone Butte – 349
Pinal County:
Sacaton – 29
Blackwater – 60
San Tan – 61
Casa Blanca – 62
Ballot Measure
What is a ballot measure?
A ballot measure is a law, issue, or question that appears on a statewide or local ballot for voters of that jurisdiction to decide.
The State Legislature Has Referred Five Measures to the Ballot:
- Emergency Declarations Amendment: The amendment would allow the state Legislature to terminate a “state of emergency” declared by a sitting governor, and for such state of emergency declarations to expire automatically after 30 days unless extended by the Legislature (unless in the case of a state of war or a natural disaster such as a flood or wildfire).
- Financial Benefit Upon Death of a First Responder Measure: The measure would levy a $20 fee on each conviction for a criminal offense in the state to pay for a $250,000 financial benefit to the spouses of first responders who are killed in the line of duty.
- Require Partisan Primaries Amendment: The amendment would mandate partisan primaries for partisan elected offices in the state and prohibit other types of primary election (such as ranked choice voting). The amendment also includes language which preempts localities and other smaller jurisdictions from contradicting the amendment.
- Signature Distribution Requirement for Initiatives Amendment: The amendment would require signatures from 10% of each of Arizona’s legislative districts’ voting populations in order for an initiative to qualify for the ballot (the threshold is 15% for proposed constitutional amendments).
- Property Tax Refund; Nuisance Enforcement: Allows a property owner to apply for a primary property tax refund if the owner documents expenses caused by a city, town or county adopting a policy, pattern or practice which declines to enforce existing laws or the maintaining of a public nuisance.
The Following Citizen’s Initiatives Have a Reasonable Chance of Making it to the Ballot:
- Raise the Wage AZ (I-02-2024): 1) allows cities to set their own, higher minimum wage, 2) adds an additional dollar to the minimum wage on Jan. 1, 2025, and the again on Jan. 1, 2026, and 3) phases out the allowance for tipped employees to be paid $3 per hour less.
- Arizona for Abortion Access (I-05-2024): A constitutional change that establishes a fundamental right to abortion and prohibits the state from denying, restricting, or interfering with that right before fetal viability. It would also prohibit the state from denying, restricting, or interfering with that right after fetal viability if necessary to protect the physical or mental health of the mother.
- Make Elections Fair Arizona (I-14-2024): A constitutional amendment that expands choices in primaries, eliminates party-based restrictions on election participation, and applies the same rules to candidates for the same office. It prohibits using public monies for party elections, including presidential preference elections not open to all voters. For primaries for state, county, and Congressional offices, candidates for the same office have the same signature requirements and appear on the same ballot. Everyone eligible to vote for an office may vote for any candidate and sign any candidate petition regardless of party affiliation. Law may allow candidates to list party affiliation, as provided in amendment. For 1-winner races, 2 to 5 candidates may advance to the general, as provided by law. For multi-winner races, additional candidates advance. If 3 or more candidates may advance in 1-winner races, voter rankings are used at the general. If implementing legislation isn't operative by 11 /1 /2025, Secretary of State decides how many candidates advance and the voter ranking process, if any, subject to legislative modification as provided in the amendment. Legislature may change the number of candidates for an office who advance once every 6 years.
Contact Information
Communications & Public Affairs Office
(520) 562-9715
Tribal Elections Office
(520) 562-9758
Arizona Native Vote Election Protection Hotline
If you feel intimidated or harassed, either inside or outside a polling site, please call the Arizona Native Vote Election Protection Hotline at 1 (888) 777-3831.
Are you registered to vote in the upcoming elections?
CONTACT INFORMATION
Communications & Public Affairs Office
(520) 562-9715
Tribal Elections Office
(520) 562-9758
Arizona Native Vote Election Protection Hotline
If you feel intimidated or harassed, either inside or outside a polling site, please call the Arizona Native Vote Election Protection Hotline at 1 (888) 777-3831.