LAS CRUCES – Expanded early voting for the Nov. 3 general election begins Saturday, Oct. 17, at eight locations across Doña Ana County. Voters can cast ballots Tuesday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., through Oct. 31.
The locations are Anthony Public Library, 750 Landers in Anthony; DACC-Chaparral, 755 Prescott Anthony Drive; Hatch Valley Public Schools Student Services and Training Center, 350 Main St. in Hatch; Corbett Center Student Union at NMSU, 1600 International Mall in Las Cruces; DACC-East Mesa Campus, 2800 Sonoma Ranch Blvd.; Las Cruces City Hall, 700 N. Main St.; Mesilla Town Hall, 2231 Avenida de Mesilla; and DACC-Sunland Park, 3365 McNutt Road.
Early voting is also available at the Doña Ana County Government Center, 845 N. Motel Blvd. in Las Cruces, Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The center will be open on Saturday, Oct. 31, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; expanded locations will keep their regular 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. hours that day. The last day to request an absentee ballot is Oct. 20, and applications are due by 5 p.m. Same-day voter registration is available at early voting locations.
The ballot includes races for U.S. Senate, U.S. House District 2, governor and lieutenant governor, secretary of state, attorney general, state auditor, state treasurer and commissioner of public lands. County races include sheriff, assessor, probate judge and county commission districts 1 and 3. The sheriff candidates are Republican Todd J. Garrison and Democrat Vanessa Ordoñez. Other county contests include Republican Samantha Barncastle Salopek and Democrat Daisy Maldonado for Commission District 1, and incumbent independent Patricia Susan Kimble and Democrat Willie D. Madrid for District 3. Voters will also consider state constitutional amendments and bond questions, along with local ballot questions in eligible precincts. The exact ballot varies by address; voters can look it up through the county elections site or NMVote.gov.
On Election Day, 42 county voting locations are scheduled to be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. More information is available from the Doña Ana County Clerk’s Office at 575-647-7421.
John Krehbiel – Bravo Mic Communications – john@bravomic.com
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