The deadline is real, and the clock is moving. We sit down with Lisa Green (Navajo County Republican Committee chairwoman) and Joe Green (Apache County Republican Committee chairman) to lay out what Arizona voters need to do right now to be ready for the primary: register by June 22, verify your party status, and make sure your registration matches your ID, especially if you’ve moved within the state. We also clear up a point many people miss: if you’re Independent or Party Not Designated, you can still vote in the primary, you just have to request the ballot you want.

From there, we dig into why local elections matter so much. County and city decisions shape your daily life through school boards, city councils, and boards of supervisors. We talk about being an educated voter, researching candidates, and avoiding undervotes by completing the full ballot. We also share ways to help beyond casting a vote, including volunteering, serving as a precinct committee member, and signing up as a poll observer so elections run the way they should.

Then the show takes a sharp turn from politics to summer fun, with Ella McAdams and Ryan Roman bringing a packed Snowflake-Taylor calendar: a summer pool party kickoff, library summer reading signups and prizes, Taylor’s 60th anniversary celebration with live music, food trucks, and a drone show at the rodeo grounds, plus camps, special library programs like a traveling planetarium, and more ways to keep kids learning while school is out.

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