Arizona has been a hotbed for continuous elections up and down the ballot in recent years, and one of the most synonymous locations for voters to cast their ballots on Election Day are largely opting out this year because of it.

Most schools in Arizona’s largest county, Maricopa County, do not want to act as voting centers, as the Grand Canyon State continues to see bitterly contested elections, according to a report from the Washington Post.

The report claims that Mesa Public Schools is not opening its doors to voters after a “very chaotic” and “overwhelming” local election in November 2023, Scott Thompson, assistant superintendent for the school district, told the outlet.

In 2016, roughly 37% of polling locations in Maricopa County were schools, but the report alleges that so far, only 14% of polling locations in November will be schools.

Maricopa County has been at the center of voter fraud allegations and election misconduct levied by Republicans in recent years. None of the claims about overwhelming voter fraud sufficient to alter the results of any recent elections has been proven in court by those challenging the races.

The fiercest challenges came from former President Donald Trump in 2020, after he lost the state to President Joe Biden, and from Kari Lake in 2022, after she lost the gubernatorial election to now-Gov. Katie Hobbs (D-AZ).

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Arizona is slated to have two hotly contested races in November, with the presidential race between Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris and the Senate race between Lake and Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ).

The Cook Political Report has rated the presidential race in Arizona as “lean Republican,” while the Senate race is rated as “lean Democratic.”