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TUCSON - City officials are pleased with how Tucson's primary election went.

Tucson Public Information Officer Michael Graham says, "We have not seen a lot of issues."

Graham says Tuesday's most common question was "Where do I go to drop my ballot off?"

The city had seven sites set up for that. But voters with other concerns showed up too.

Aaron Timmons came to get a ballot. He says, "It's kind of stupid. I didn't get my ballot. My wife got hers. But I didn't get mine."

Some independent voters felt disenfranchised. Terri McTee filed a formal complaint.

McTee says, "The person who designed this mail in vote seems to have stacked it against the independent voter. My husband is a Republican and he received a ballot in the mail. And I'm an independent voter so I didn't get one."

Graham says the city mailed ballots only to registered party members and independent isn't a party. So registered independents needed to pick a party ballot to vote. Graham says it's always been that way. And, he says, independents were sent reminders.

Tuesday's primary was Tucson's first mail in election. City officials and voters will do it again in November's general election.

Pictured: Jonathan Rothschild, the Democratic primary winner for the mayoral election, gives a victory speech at Tucson's Democratic Party Headquarters.