More than 75,000 ballots had been requested as of Friday for a March 10 election in which Mesa residents will decide whether developers of two high-end resorts should get $51 million in bed-tax incentives.
Early voting for Proposition 300 began a week ago.
A majority of the ballots were sent automatically to residents who are on the permanent early ballot list. Of those requested, the city has received 20,533 ballots already.
Residents in District 6, where the proposed Gaylord Entertainment resort and convention center project would be located, led the ballot request and return numbers, at 21,535 and 6,490 respectively.
The total number of registered voters in Mesa is about 209,000. Nearly 46,000 residents voted in the city’s last major special election for the proposed Waveyard adventure park, which was approved by a 65 percent vote.
