Sample Ballot

Here is our recommendation on how to fill out your ballot, including voting on ballot propositions. Every household in the County with a registered Democrat will get one of these in the mail in October. (Watch for the envelope marked “Sample Ballot” with our return address.)

Note: After our sample ballot went to the printer, the Arizona Supreme Court removed the ballot measure entitled “Arizonans for Free and Fair Elections” from the official ballot.

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Sample Ballot 2022

Here is more information on some of the candidates.

Here is more information on ballot measures.

Note: Thea Karlin withdrew as a candidate for Flagstaff City Council after our recommendations went to print. We recommend voting for Austin Aslan, Deborah Harris, and Khara House, and DO NOT VOTE for a fourth candidate. (City Council will fill any vacancy after the election.)

Judicial Candidates

You’ll be asked whether certain judges should be “retained.”

  • For the State Supreme Court, we recommend a “no” vote on all judges.
  • For the Court of Appeals, Division 1, we recommend a “yes” vote for all judges.
  • For Coconino County Superior Court judges, we recommend a “yes” vote on all judges up for retention.

For more information on the judicial retention recommendations, we refer you to 2022 Gavel Watch Report Card for Arizona Judges prepared by Civic Engagement Beyond Voting.

Notes on Candidates Who Do Not Appear Among Our Endorsements

The race for LD7 House has no Democrats on the ballot. There are two Republicans who are election deniers. We recommend a vote for Write-in Candidate, Independent Chris Verrill.

We have not included recommendations in the non-partisan race for Flagstaff Mayor where two Democrats are running against each other.

We have not included recommendations for any of the school board races in the county, although these are very important races. We suggest you research these races carefully and rely on the recommendations of professionals in the field of education.

We have not included recommendations for any Justice of the Peace or Constable candidates. Again, please research the candidates in your district. We do note that in the Page JP District, a candidate died after ballots were printed. Do not vote for the candidate on the ballot. A number of people have filed as write-in candidates for Justice of the Peace in Page, including two running as Democrats.

How We Made Our Endorsements

Candidates in partisan races are nominated by the Democrats and Independents who voted in the August Primary Election.

Our recommendations on ballot measures were made after two deliberative meetings of our nine-member County Party Executive Committee, which took into account statements in support of the measures as found on the Secretary of State’s website, our knowledge of legislative history on referrals from the Legislature as reported by our Legislative Committee, our work with sponsors of the citizens’ initiatives, and actions by the Arizona Democratic Party to endorse certain of the measures. Note: Since we went to print, opponents of the Free and Fair Elections Initiative prevailed in court, so that will not be on the ballot — it is the middle one of three in the 200 series.

Because of the unusual situation with the Flagstaff City Council non-partisan race, our Executive Committee decided to make endorsements in the race. The unusual situation: There are four open council seats and only two candidates on the ballot. One of those candidates is aligned with radical, extremist State Senator Wendy Rogers and, we believe, should not be elected. Numerous candidates have filed as write-in candidates. Because of campaign finance laws, we can not coordinate with any candidates. In late July, we independently reviewed the list of candidates on the City website and identified their party affiliations ourselves. There were more than three Democrats on the write-in list. In order to improve the chances that the seats would be filled by Democrats, we did not want to endorse more than three write-ins. (Austin Aslan, a Democrat and valuable incumbent, is on the ballot and earned our endorsement for one of the four seats.) To assist us in determining which of the write-in candidates had viable campaigns, we sent a survey to the Democratic candidates with a deadline for return of August 2. The Executive Committee then determined to endorse three of the then-listed Democrats: Deborah Harris, Khara House, and Thea Karlin. Here are the responses we received to the questionnaire:

Deborah Harris
Khara House
Thea Karlin
Sydney Shevat

Here is a list of all Democrats running for office in Coconino County and their websites as known to us:

All Democratic Candidates