Nearly 95,000 New Mexicans vote early in primary election

One week before the June 2 primary election, just over 6.6% of the New Mexico electorate have cast ballots in early voting, which ends Saturday.

As of Tuesday, data released by the New Mexico Secretary of State’s office showed 94,930 voters have cast ballots in the primary election, with one-third voting by mail.

Tuesday marks the last day county clerks recommend sending ballots in the mail, and they urge voters to thereafter drop them off in official drop boxes, polling sites or local offices. County clerks must receive absentee ballots by 7 p.m. on June 2.

“This is the week many voters start heading to the polls and returning their absentee ballots,” Bernalillo County Clerk Michelle Kavanaugh said in a statement Tuesday. “The busier locations will see increasing turnout each day, so the sooner you vote, the easier and faster it will be.”




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