The Brief Maricopa County is implementing an Election Day process overhaul to possibly increase the vote total release the night of the primary. The signature verification system has also been updated to speed up verification and tabulation. The primary election is July 21, and this year, a major change on Election Day might mean initial results are released a lot faster. It concerns the so-called "late earlies," which are mail-in ballots that are turned in by hand on Election Day. "Instead of days to count to do signature verification after an election, we've cut that down to hours.