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2018 General Election - Important Upcoming Dates:

Saturday, September 22, 2018:         
First Day to Mail Ballots to Federal Qualified Electors (FQE) and Federal Overseas Citizen Voter (FOCV) Voters That Have Requested By This Date

Tuesday, October 9, 2018:
Voter Registration Closes

• In Person at the Clerk’s Office:5:00 p.m.
• By mail: Subscribed, dated, and postmarked: On or before this day
• Electronic through the NM Secretary of State Portal (NMVote.org): 11:59 p.m. 

Absentee Voting In-Person (Early Voting) Begins

• LAC Municipal Building, Council Chambers, 1000 Central Avenue
• Voting Hours 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
• Monday's thru Friday's

County Clerks Begin Mailing Absentee Ballots to those who requested a ballot by mail

Saturday, October 20, 2018 thru Saturday, November 3, 2018:
Absentee Voting In-Person (Early Voting) OPENS at Additional Locations

• White Rock Town Hall, Training Room, 139 Longview Drive
• LAC Municipal Building, Council Chambers, 1000 Central Avenue
• Voting Hours 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 a.m. 
• Monday's thru Saturday's 

Friday, November 2, 2018:
Last Day County Clerks May Mail an Absentee Ballot

(Absentee ballots shall be sent to applicants not later than on the Friday immediately prior to the date of the election)

NOTE: Completed ballots are physically due back to the County Clerk by 7:00 p.m.

Saturday, November 3, 2018:
Last day to vote early!  Voting Hours for both locations: 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

• White Rock Town Hall, Training Room, 139 Longview Drive
• LAC Municipal Building, Council Chambers, 1000 Central Avenue

Sunday, November 4 and Monday, November 5, 2018:   
Voting is CLOSED.

Tuesday, November 6, 2018, General Election Day:
Vote Center Locations, which are open from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

• White Rock Town Hall, Training Room, 139 Longview Drive
• LAC Municipal Building, Council Chambers, 1000 Central Avenue
• Betty Ehart Senior Center, Downstairs Classroom, 1101 Bathtub Row
• LAC Golf Course Community Building, Multi-Purpose Room, 4244 Diamond Drive

Completed absentee ballots are physically due back to the County Clerk by 7:00 p.m.

Past Dates/Events:

Friday August 31, 2018 - 2:00 p.m.:      
Drawing for Party Position on the General Election ballot by the NM Secretary of State

Tuesday, August 28, 2018:
Deadline for a candidate to withdraw from appearing on the General Election ballot

Thursday, June 28, 2018:
Filing Day for Independent Candidates, Minor Party Candidates, Judicial Retention Candidates, and General Election Write-In Candidates 

9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. County Clerk’s Office (second floor, Municipal Building)

FILING DAY FOR INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES 
Independent candidates for federal offices, statewide offices, members of the legislature, public regulation commission, district judge, district attorney, member of the state board of education, magistrate or county offices shall file declarations of candidacy and nominating petitions with the proper filing officer during the period commencing at 9:00 a.m. and ending at 5:00 p.m. on the twenty-third (23) day following the primary election. Candidates for statewide and legislative offices must also file a financial disclosure statement. 

FILING DAY FOR WRITE-IN CANDIDATES
Declarations of intent to be a write-in candidate for the general election shall file the declaration of intent between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on the twenty-third (23) day following the primary election. No person shall be a write-in candidate in the general election who was a candidate in the primary election.

FILING DAY FOR MINOR PARTY CANDIDATES
Minor parties shall certify to the proper filing officer the names of their party's nominees, together with a petition containing a list of signatures and addresses of voters totaling not less than 1% of the total number of votes cast at the last preceding general election for governor or president in the state for statewide offices, county for countywide offices or in the district for offices other than statewide or county offices with the proper filing officer the twenty third day following the primary election between 9:00 a.m. and ending at 5:00 p.m. Persons certified as nominees shall be members of that party before the day the Governor issues the proclamation.

Thursday, March 1, 2018:
Secretary of State publishes petition forms and the required number of signatures for Independent and Minor Party Candidates

Elected Officials Info

Los Alamos County Elected Officials
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NM State Representative
District 43 (Precincts 1-17)

State Senator for Los Alamos
District 5 (Precincts 7-17)

State Senator for Los Alamos
District 6 (Precincts 1-6)

US Representative for NM
District 3

US Senators for NM

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Helpful Links

NM Secretary of State
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Federal Voting Assistance Program
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Election Related Resources

Voter Bill of Rights

2018 Primary Election Results
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2016 Election Results
NM Secretary of State / Results for the Primary and General elections, local and statewide

Official Election Results for NM
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