Voter organizers have had concern over “ballot fatigue,” meaning voters might not fill out the entire ballot because it is so long.
The 2024 election was one for the Arizona history books as far as ballot length, with ballots going multiple pages in some places. Long ballots will occasionally lead to skipped questions and races. What did this year's undervote look like?
In statewide voting, the least skipped races were the major federal positions and the ballot initiative dealing with abortion.
Roughly 1.2% of voters did not place a vote for a presidential candidate. That number doubled to nearly 2.4% for the race for Arizona's open US Senate seat.
If all votes cast for those seeking a US House of Representatives seat were added together, the undervote in that race came to 5.1%. That is slightly lower than the leader in non-federal races, Prop 139. 5.3% of voters did not make a selection in the race to codify access to abortion in the state.
The most commonly skipped votes statewide were the two ballot measures that asked if two Arizona Supreme Court Justices should stay on the bench. 23.3% of voters did not weigh in on whether Hon. Kathryn King should be retained, while 23.1% did not vote on the retention of Clint Bolick.
Local undervote
In Pima County, voters were appeared to skip many of the races at similar amounts, with one exception.
The undervote for Recorder (7.4%), Sheriff (6%) and Treasurer (6.6%) were fairly similar. The same is true when looking at the cumulative votes cast for county supervisors (6.1%). However, the vote for County Attorney was skipped by 24% of voters.
One way the race for county attorney differed from others is that it did not include candidates from both major parties. There was no Republican candidate on the ballot.
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