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Day two of David Pecker testimony wraps in NY Trump trial; Supreme Court hears arguments on Idaho's near-total abortion ban; ND sees a flurry of campaigning among Native candidates; and NH lags behind other states in restricting firearms at polling sites.

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The Senate moves forward with a foreign aid package. A North Carolina judge overturns an aged law penalizing released felons. And child protection groups call a Texas immigration policy traumatic for kids.

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Wyoming needs more educators who can teach kids trade skills, a proposal to open 40-thousand acres of an Ohio forest to fracking has environmental advocates alarmed and rural communities lure bicyclists with state-of-the-art bike trail systems.

Informal Deadline for Arizona Mail-In Ballots is Today

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Wednesday, November 2, 2016   

PHOENIX - Today is the last day for Arizona voters to mail in their ballots to be sure they arrive before Election Day and will be counted.

The U.S. Postal Service recommends giving first-class mail three to five days to arrive, and the Arizona Secretary of State's website says that on a ballot, a postmark is not enough: Anything delivered after Nov. 8 will not be counted.

Stephanie Maldonado, lead coordinator for a campaign to oust Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, said her group is encouraging voters with mail-in ballots to send them today at the latest to avoid Election Day hassles.

"This is a way to ensure that they don't have to wait in line for hours, right? They don't have to leave work early, or be stuck in traffic trying to get to their polling location," she said.

If you forget to mail the ballot, she said, you still can bring it to your county recorder's office in person or hand it in at your polling place on Election Day.

In the primary election this past March, Arizona made national headlines when election officials cut the number of polling places drastically in some counties, leading to huge waiting lines. In Maldonado's opinion, that amounted to voter suppression.

"Lines were leading up to six to seven, up to eight hours of wait time, which is ridiculous," she said. "So, we want to avoid that on Nov. 8."

Next Tuesday, the polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.


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