The May 15 election for the proposed primary property tax is rapidly approaching. The deadline to register to vote in the election is just over a week away, at 5 p.m. on Monday, April 16. Anyone who is 18 years of age prior to the election day may register to vote in this election.

Online registration may be done by visiting servicearizona.com/voterregistration, or fill out the voter registration form at recorder.maricopa.gov/pdf/Voter_registration_fillable_form.pdf.

Forms may be obtained at the Town Hall second floor reception desk or one of the kiosks in the second level lobby.

Provide satisfactory evidence of U.S. citizenship on form /pdf/prop200.pdf or accompanied with the form.

Sign and date the form. It can be mailed or turned in to the county elections office.

Any registered voter who wants to cast a ballot, but knows they will be leaving town prior to the election should start the process to have their ballot sent to another address.

This is an all-mail election but ballots will not be forwarded, even if there is a request to forward or hold other mail.

Those who are registered voters and need their ballot sent to an address other than their local one can simply request it be sent elsewhere, but it must be done in writing.

This must be a written and signed request – so the signature can be verified that it is the authorized person making the request.

The letter must include a full name, date of birth, residence address, temporary address, signature and a note granting election officials permission to mail the ballot to a temporary address.

The request may be scanned and emailed to evreq@risc.maricopa.gov or faxed to 480-360-3628. The postal mailing address is: Maricopa County Elections, Attn: Early Voting, 510 S. 3rd Ave., Phoenix, AZ 85003.

Voting material will be mailed to all registered voters in town.

All ballots will be mailed April 25 and they should arrive by the end of that week or early the following week. For those leaving town, it’s possible a ballot will arrive before a planned departure date and can be returned without the need to ask for the ballot to be sent elsewhere.

Ballots must be received by Maricopa County Elections by 7 p.m. on Election Day, Tuesday, May 15, in order to be counted.

For those who will be in town and might have a problem with a lost or spoiled ballot, or simply failed to receive one they expected, the Fountain Hills Community Center will serve as a ballot center for this election. It will operate for 10 days prior to the election from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. It will be open on election day from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Voters may drop off their ballot at the ballot center rather than use the mail or even cast a ballot there if they prefer. If someone casts a ballot in person, the ballot sent in the mail will be voided.