Tucson Prop 411 Special Election 2022: There's Still Time To Vote

TUCSON, AZ — The cutoff date to ensure your mailed ballot is counted in Tucson's Proposition 411 special election was Wednesday, but if you haven't mailed your ballot, there's still plenty of time to vote.

The one question on the ballot asks voters to approve a 10-year extension of a half-cent sales tax to fund Tucson street improvements. If voters approve the tax, it will be an extension of the half-cent sales tax that voters approved in 2017, via Proposition 101. This means that if voters approve Proposition 411, the sales tax rate in Tucson will remain the same. If voters shoot down the proposition, the rate will decrease by a half-cent.

The special election is all-by-mail, meaning that every active registered voter should have received a ballot in the mail. Ballots must be returned in the postage-paid return envelope that was mailed out with the ballots.

Tucson estimates that 85 percent of its neighborhood streets are in poor, very poor or failed condition.

While the city says it has dedicated more resources to neighborhood streets in recent years, Tucson has told voters that the need for repairs has outpaced funding.

If voters approve Proposition 411, the city estimates that it will collect an extra $710 million for street improvements over the next 10 years.

The city has promised to dedicate around 80 percent of that funding to its Neighborhood Street Improvement Plan for things like fog sealing, mill and overlay work and reconstruction.

The remaining 20 percent is set to be allocated to Safe Street Projects that include, "sidewalk and pedestrian accessibility improvements, bicycle network enhancements, system-wide safety improvements, and traffic signal technology upgrades," according to the city.

For your ballot to be counted in this special election, it must be received by the Tucson city clerk's office by 7 p.m. Tuesday. It can be received by mail, dropped in an official ballot box or cast in person at one of the locations listed below.

Tucson City Clerk Elections Center, 800 E. 12th Street: Open 8 a.m.-5 p.m Monday-Friday through May 16 and open 6 a.m.-7 p.m. on Election Day.

The following locations are open for voting 6 a.m.-7 p.m. on Election Day only:

• Department of Housing and Community Development, 310 N. Commerce Park Loop.
• Morris K. Udall Regional Center, 7200 E. Tanque Verde Road.
• Donna R. Liggins Recreation Center, 2160 N. 6th Ave.
• William Clements Recreation Center, 8155 E. Poinciana Drive.
• El Pueblo Senior Center, 101 W. Irvington Road.
• Parks and Recreation Administration Randolph Park, 900 S. Randolph Way.

Ballot drop-off locations only (no in-person voting on Election Day):

• Pima County Recorder downtown office, 240 N. Stone Ave., open 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday-Friday through May 16 and 6 a.m.-7 p.m. on Election Day.
• Pima County Recorder east side office, 6920 E. Broadway Boulevard, open 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday-Friday through May 16 and 6 a.m.-7 p.m. on Election Day.
• Pima County Recorder Elections Department, 6550 S. Country Club Road, open 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday-Friday through May 16 and 6 a.m.-7 p.m. on Election Day.

Voters can check the status of their mailed ballot by calling the Tucson City Clerk’s Office at 520-791-3221 or 520-884-8683.