I am writing today to announce the closure of the New Mexico Independent. After three and a half years of operation in New Mexico, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news…
While environmental activists played their part yesterday during demonstrations at the capitol building, going so far as to dress up as solar panels and to sing the tune of “You Are My Sunshine,” their counterparts, the anti-cap-and-trade contingency who has…
Roughly one quarter of University of New Mexico students are unimpressed with the state’s flagship public school, according to a survey that questioned college students about their higher education experiences.
Democrats have taken a lead in early votes but registered Republicans maintain a lead in returned absentee ballots in the state’s most populous county, according to the latest numbers from the Bernalillo County Clerk’s office.
As of today, 40,281 voters have cast early in-person ballots in the 17 locations throughout Bernalillo County. Of those, 19,117 were registered Democrats and 16,809 were registered Republicans. The remaining 4,335 either declined to register with a party or are members of other parties.
The Republicans lead in returned absentee ballots 11,145 to 9,646 for the Democrats. The remaining 2,142 absentee ballots are either decline to state voters or independent voters for a total of 22,933 returned absentee ballots in the county.
There have been 55,456 absentee ballots requested, 29,910 for Democrats, 20,923 for Republicans and 5,080 for other voters.
