Election Day 101

Today is Election Day and here are some key links on polling places, frequently asked questions and how to follow results.

To find your polling place, click here.

For answers to other commonly asked questions, click here.

To follow voting results, click here.

Five Maricopa residents are running in county and state races. Locally, two big issues are on the ballot – a Maricopa Unified School District budget override and who will fill three open seats on the school board.

Local voters will chose their first District 4 Pinal County Superintendent and both candidates live in Maricopa.

Republican former mayor Anthony Smith is running against Democrat Henry Wade, former Planning and Zoning Commission chairman, for the newly-created seat.

Voters also will decide whether appointed Maricopa Unified School District School Board members Torri Anderson and Leslie Carlyle-Burnett will keep their seats or be replaced by candidates Veronica Gay, Leon Potter or Tim White.

Since three school board seats are up for grabs, there will be at least one new person joining School Board President Scott Bartle and Secretary Patti Coutre.

Further down the ballot, residents will vote on whether the school district should receive a two-year, five percent budget override.

The contentious race for Pinal County Attorney will also be decided Tuesday, with residents marking either incumbent Democrat James P. Walsh or Maricopa resident Lando Voyles, a Republican.

On a state level, Sen. Steve Smith, R-Maricopa, is hoping to win one of two seats for the state House of Representatives District 11. Republican Adam Kwasman is running, as is Democrat Dave Joseph.