FLORENCE, AZ – Only voters who are registered to the Republican party or Green party are eligible to vote in the February 28 Presidential Preference Election. Recognized political parties are given the option to participate in a Presidential Preference Election and only the Green and Republican parties have selected to participate for 2012.

If a voter wishes to change party affiliation, he or she must do so by January 30 in order to qualify to vote in the Presidential Preference Election. For information about how to register to vote or make changes to voter registration go to http://goo.gl/g3AiK (shortened URL).

Pinal County will be conducting a Presidential Preference Election on February 28, 2012. State law (A.R.S. §16-248), requires that the county use no more than one polling place per two-thousand registered voters. The county currently has 90 voting precincts (88 actual and 2 administrative) and just over 162,000 registered voters, which requires the consolidation of polling places in order to satisfy the law’s provisions. Additionally, other polling place changes had to be made based on polling site availability.

Each household with an eligible voter will be mailed a sample ballot that lists the name and location of the proper polling place. Sample ballots should arrive about 30 days before the election.

Any voter who is unsure about the assigned polling place can use the Secretary of State's VoterView web site: https://voter.azsos.gov/VoterView/Home.do. A link to VoterView is also on the Pinal County Elections Department home page under Hot Topics.

The changes for the February 28, 2012 Presidential Preference Election are as follows:

• Precincts 1, 2 & 3 (Kearny, Kearny Rural & Riverside respectively) will be consolidated and their polling site will be the usual one for precinct 1, the Town of Kearny Constitution Hall, located at 912 East Tilbury Drive, Kearny
• Precinct 7, Oracle, will have its polling site moved from the Oracle Community Center located at 685 East American Aveue to the Oracle Justice Court located at 1470 North Justice Drive, Oracle
• Precincts 11, 12 and 14 (Picacho, Eloy and Eloy South respectively) will be consolidated and their polling site will be the usual one for precinct 12, the Eloy City Council Chambers located at 628 North Main Street, Eloy
• Precinct 15, Saddlebrooke East, will have its polling site moved from the Mountainview Country Club 38759 South Mountainview Boulevard to SaddleBrooke Country Club HOA #1 located at 64500 East SaddleBrooke Boulevard, Saddlebrooke, 85739
• Precincts 19 and 20 (Coolidge South and Randolph respectively) will be consolidated and their polling site, a new one, will be the City of Coolidge Council Chambers located at 911 South Arizona Boulevard, Coolidge
• Precincts 23 and 27 (Florence North and Poston Butte respectively) will be consolidated and their polling site will be the usual one for precinct 23, the Florence Town Council Chambers located at 775 North Main Street, Florence
• Precincts 24 and 25 (Florence South and Cactus Forest respectively) will be consolidated and their polling site will be the usual one for precinct 24, the Florence K-8 School located at 225 South Orlando Street, Florence
• Precinct 31, Stanfield, voting-by-mail with no polling site
• Precinct 32, Casa Grande North, will have its polling site moved from the First Presbyterian Church located at 702 East Cottonwood Lane to the Casa Grande Justice Court located at 820 East Cottonwood Lane, Casa Grande
• Precincts 34 and 36 (Casa Grande South Central and Casa Grande Southeast respectively) will be consolidated and their polling site will be the usual one for precinct 36, the Dorothy Powell Senior Center located at 405 East Sixth Street, Casa Grande
• Precinct 40, Apache Junction Superstition, will remain at its usual polling place, the school located at 801 West Southern Avenue, Apache Junction. However, the name of the school has been changed from Desert Shadows Middle School to Cactus Canyon Junior High
• Precinct 58, Apache Junction East Central, will have its polling site moved from the John Calvin Presbyterian Church located at 1130 East Broadway Avenue to the Pinal County Complex (lobby of the Recorder’s, Treasurer’s, and Planning and Development Offices) located at 575 North Idaho Road, Apache Junction
• Precincts 38 and 82 (Casa Grande Southwest and Cruz Park respectively) will be consolidated and their polling site will be the usual one for precinct 38, the Calvary Chapel located at 962 West Gila Bend Highway, Casa Grande
• Precincts 50 and 51 (Superior North and Superior South respectively) will be consolidated and their polling site will be the usual one for precinct 51, the St. Mary’s Center located at 100 Sunset Drive, Superior
• Precinct 52, Sutton Summit, voting-by-mail with no polling site

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