Coconino County voters worried about contracting the COVID-19 coronavirus can participate in emergency early voting at several locations across the county on Saturday, Aug. 1 and Monday, Aug. 3.

Voters taking advantage of emergency early voting will be required to complete a form stating that they have an emergency and need to vote an emergency early ballot. They do not need to disclose the specifics of their emergency. “Voters that want to avoid being around large groups of people are considered to have an unforeseen emergency and will be allowed to vote on Saturday and Monday,” Coconino County Recorder Patty Hansen said.

Voters are required to wear a face mask and should bring their own ink pen. The Elections Office has trained the election workers at the early voting locations on the necessary precautions and guidelines to follow and provided each voting location with disinfectant materials.

Voters with non-health related emergencies, such as having to go out of town on Election Day, can also vote at the emergency early voting locations.

Voted early ballots may be dropped off at any of the emergency early voting locations prior to Election Day, or at any polling place or vote center on Election Day, or in a ballot drop box. For a list of ballot drop boxes go to www.coconino.az.gov/elections.

Early voters should remember to sign their early ballot envelope. Early ballots returned without a signature cannot be processed and counted. Signature verification is used to prevent fraud.

All voted early ballots must be received by 7 p.m. on Election Day. Ballots received after this deadline will not be counted.

All Coconino County voting precincts will be able to cast early ballots at the three Flagstaff voting locations on Saturday, Aug. 1 and Monday, Aug. 3. Early voting for Sedona’s Coconino County voting precincts is available in Sedona on Monday only, 8 a.m. to noon, at Sedona City Hall, 102 Roadrunner Dr.