How do ballots get made?

Ballots for the July 30 primary election will soon be arriving in
voters' mailboxes. In Maricopa County, a postal worker will drop
off a distinctive, light yellow oversized envelope. Some counties
will get light green. Others will get light blue. But they will
each have been filled right here in the Valley. These ballots get
tailor-made for each voter, down to a personalized QR code to
ensure that your vote is connected with your county and your voter
ID. It will have the partisan races that pertain to where you live,
from the Senate down to your local school board. Creating these
ballots is a detailed process that starts months in advance of the
primary. Thousands of pounds of paper and gallons of ink are used
to ensure you have the opportunity to voice your opinion. And for
about half of the country, all of it gets done in Phoenix, Arizona.
This week on Election Dissection, an elections series of The Gaggle
podcast by The Arizona Republic and azcentral.com, hosts Mary
Jo Pitzl and Sasha Hupka take a field trip to
Runbeck Election Services to get an upfront look at what it takes
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