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Las Cruces voters will choose a new mayor in the Tuesday, Nov. 7, local election. Voters in districts one, two and four will choose city councilors, and the city will elect a new presiding municipal judge.
Early voting continues through Saturday, Nov. 4, at the Doña Ana County Government Center, 845 N. Motel Blvd.; Las Cruces City Hall, 700 N. Main St.; Corbett Center, 1600 International Mall on the NMSU campus; and Doña Ana Community College East Mesa campus, 2800 Sonoma Ranch Blvd. Early voting hours are 11 a.m.- 7 p.m. except at the County Government Center, where the hours are 8 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays and 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 4.
Nov. 7 (election day) is the last day for same-day voter registration. Absentee ballots must be turned in by 7 p.m. that day to be counted. There are secure absentee ballot drop boxes at the County Government Center, City Hall, Corbett Center, Sonoma Ranch Elementary School (4201 Northrise Drive) and Mesilla Town Hall (2231 Avenida de Mesilla).
There are 42 election day voting locations throughout the county. Polls are open 7 a.m.-7 p.m. on election day.
Visit www.donaanacountyelections.com/election-information for all voting locations.
Candidates
All registered voters in the city will vote for mayor (seven candidates) and municipal judge (one candidate). Only those voters in districts 1, 2 and 4 will vote in city council races. Districts 3, 5 and 6 are not on this year’s ballot. City races that have more than two candidates will be decided by ranked choice voting.
Las Cruces Public Schools Board of Education
DACC bond issue
Doña Ana Community College has a $16 million in general obligation bond question on the ballot that would pay for security and safety upgrades, infrastructure improvements, classroom upgrades and technology upgrades and acquisition. Visit dacc.nmsu.edu/gobonds/index.html.