Sinema has about a 8,000 vote lead in Maricopa County, with about 950,000 votes counted. So if the percentage split stays the same in the remaining votes, Sinema would pick up about 4500 votes and McSally will win by over 10,000 votes. From what I read, the uncounted votes are mainly Early Ballots that are dropped off at the polling place and not mailed in. They have to be hand counted. Why people don’t mail them in is a good question. Maybe they just didn’t fill in their ballot soon enough.
This election isn’t over. There could be crooked “vote finding” by democrat election workers, but McSally has about a 15,000 vote lead, and it will be tough for Sinema to eliminate that lead.
I drop off my ballot on election day because I still remember the hundreds of mail-in ballots "found" after being dumped by a Florida postal worker in the 2000 presidential election. And I'm pretty sure that wasn't an isolated incident. I don't like mail-in ballots anyway, so if there's any way I can lessen the chances of fraud, I will.
Thanks for the update.
My step-mom does the same thing. Mail in ballots are required to have a stamp on them here in TX, but she still delivers her ballot in person - making sure it doesn't get lost in the mail.