New Mexico offers both absentee/vote-by-mail and early voting to all registered voters. Either will be a good option for most people, regardless of which is a voter's main plan or their backup plan.
To avoid possible postal delays impacting your vote, we recommend mailing your completed ballot back by Tuesday, October 13th. Plan to drop it off by hand after that.
If you are concerned about your absentee ballot returning on time through the mail, visit our other page to learn how to drop your ballot off in person.
Registering In Person: October 31, 2020
Registering By Mail: Postmarked October 6, 2020. However, an application may be accepted through October 9, 2020 if the application is postmarked before the deadline.
Registering Online: October 6, 2020
Request In Person: Application received by October 29, 2020
Request By Mail: Application received by October 29, 2020
Request Online: Application received by October 29, 2020
Ballots returned by mail and delivered in person must be received by your county clerk's office or a polling place by 7pm local time on Election Day.
We strongly recommend mailing your ballot much earlier (by October 13th) and, if that's not possible, dropping it off in person. Learn how below or on our other page.
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To your county clerk's office or any polling place on Election Day by 7pm.
A voter, caregiver to that voter or member of that voter's immediate family may deliver that voter's absentee ballot to the county clerk in person or by mail, provided that the voter has subscribed the outer envelope of the absentee ballot.
October 6th to October 31st.
Hours are set by the clerk, and must begin no earlier than 7AM and end no later than 9 PM
Each alternate location must be open for at least eight consecutive hours on each day of early voting, and may be closed on Sundays and Mondays
Clerks’ offices and:
Class A counties with more than 200,000 registered voters: clerk must establish at least 12 alternate locations
Class A counties with 200,000 or fewer registered voters: clerk must establish at least 4 alternate locations
Non-class A counties with more than 10,000 registered voters: clerk must establish at least one alternate location
Non-class A counties with 10,000 or fewer registered voters: clerk’s office and alternate locations as designated by clerk
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No, not until 2021.
7am - 7pm
If you are in line when polls close, you are legally entitled to vote. Don't leave!
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