Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Farmers Electric set up a bucket truck hoisting an American Flag outside their polling location on Election Day.
New Mexico didn't quite reach its highest turnout in election history when all of the pre-Tuesday votes were counted, but all indications were the state would fly by its 2008 turnout record Tuesday afternoon.
Early votes, reported Tuesday morning by the New Mexico Secretary of State's Office, reached 777,265 - 456,260 early in-person and 321,005 by absentee mail ballot.
The state turnout record of 833,365 set in 2008 was all but assured to fall by the time lunch hour voters finished up, as an 11:30 a.m. report from the secretary of state's office indicated 53,579 Election Day votes so far that day pushed the total to 830,844.
Through 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, a total of 1,118 Curry County and 565 Roosevelt County voters cast Election Day ballots.
Final early voting numbers were:
n Curry County: 12,131, with 8,877 voting in person and 3,254 by absentee mail ballot. Based on registrations, the ballots mostly came from Republicans (7,270), followed by Democrats (3,212), declined to state (1,514), Libertarian (93) and other (40). About 82% of Republicans who voted early chose in-person, while 44% of Democrats voted via absentee ballot.
n Roosevelt County: 5,270, with 4,124 voting in-person and 1,146 via absentee ballot. Registrations of the ballots were mostly from Republicans (3,272), followed by Democrats (1,280), declined to state (848), Libertarian (46) and other (24). About 86% of Republicans who voted early chose in-person, while 40% of Democrats voted via absentee ballot.
Polls were still open as The News approached press time. Check easternnewmexiconews.com for voting results.
