TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) -- Pima County officials are warning the public that results from next month's general election will be late.

Residents will have to wait a day, at least, to find out who won state, local and congressional races because increased security will delay vote counting, Pima County Administrator Chuck Huckelberry said Monday.

"The process we are using to ensure security is time consuming," Huckelberry said.

Democrats and Libertarians pressed the county Elections Department to stop transmitting elections results from polling places to a central tabulating computer. Instead, the computers from the polling places will be driven to the tabulation center. There, they will be connected to the main computer and the vote results uploaded.

Paper ballots will also be collected, stored and locked in a large bag, brought to a regional collection facility, inventoried and then shipped to the tabulation center.

In Pima County, there are 372 polling places.

During last month's primary election, Pima County wasn't finished uploading results until 5 a.m. Sept. 3. Pima County was the last county in the state to have 100 percent of precincts counted.

Huckelberry said the county is trying to fix mistakes from the last election. "Is it all going to be perfect? No," Huckelberry said. "But it can be better than it is."

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Information from: Tucson Citizen, http://www.tucsoncitizen.com

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