New Mexico

The next election date is Tuesday, November 5, 2019 (City Council Election). The registration deadline is Tuesday, October 8, 2019.

Contact your local Board of Elections for information about local elections.

You may vote early at your County Clerks office beginning 28 days before an election. Early voting at alternate sites begins on the third Saturday before the election in many counties. Call your county clerk for locations. Early voting ends the Saturday before the election.

Early voting information may be found at this state website.

Voters hav until 5pm two days after the Election to provide proper identification for their provisional ballot to be counted.

Provisional voting is permitted and is eligible for verification if cast in correct jurisdiction. You will be issued a provisional ballot if your name does not appear on the roster or you do not provide the required identification. You can check the status of your provisional ballot by contacting your county clerk's office.

Can't make it to the polls? Request an absentee ballot through your county clerk or online. NO EXPLANATION NECESSARY!

Be sure to return your absentee ballot to the county clerk's office or to a polling location on or before Election Day. For other questions, check the Secretary of State Website.

Information on local, state and federal candidates and ballot measures may be available here.

To see a list of available races, visit the race index.

The voting machine systems used in New Mexico are optical scan.

New Mexico uses paper ballots that are scanned on an electronic optical scanning system. All elections in the state use this system.

All ballots, including absentee ballots, are the same. All are scanned into the opitical scanning system.

No ID is needed for voting UNLESS you registered to vote for the first time by mail and did not provide a copy of a current and valid photo ID along with a current utility bill or bank statement, you will need to show some form of ID at the polls. Acceptable forms of ID are:

To be eligible to vote in New Mexico, you must be:

If the voter registration application is submitted by mail and it is the first time you have registered in your county or in the state of New Mexico, you must submit a copy of a current valid photo ID or a copy of a current utility bill, bank statement, paycheck or other government document that shows your name and address. Submitting this identification information will allow you to avoid showing personal identification at your polling place on Election Day.