Less than half the early ballots sent to Pima County voters for Tuesday's election had been returned by Monday, an indication that overall turnout will be low, the county recorder's office reported.
Forty-four percent of the ballots were returned by Monday, a spokesman for the recorder's office said.
Voters faced a lengthy ballot that includes seven proposals for the county to borrow a total of $816 million for a wide range of projects, three Tucson City Council races and an uncontested mayoral race and a recall of Oro Valley's mayor and three Town Council members.
Also on the ballot are changes to the Tucson City Charter to give the mayor more power and the city manager clear direction on hiring and firing and a proposed pay raise for the mayor and City Council members.
Voters in five school districts must decide on borrowing proposals or budget override requests, including a $40 million borrowing package in the Sahuarita Unified School District and a 15 percent buydget override in the Sunnyside Unified School District.
Polls were open throughout the county until 7 p.m. Voters who received early ballots but had not returned them must take them to a polling place or the county recorder's office by 7 p.m. for them to count.
County election officials said they would begin posting results around 8 p.m. Tuesday.
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