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November 6, 2018

2018 elections

2018 General Election liveblog

By Staff | November 6, 2018

It’s the big day, Election Day.

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Head of NM census: 'Today's the day" to get counted
During the governor’s weekly update on COVID-19 statistics, her appointee in charge of overseeing the federal census in the state urged New Mexicans to make sure they are all counted. Pam Coleman, the chair of the Statewide Complete Count Commission and director for the New Mexico State Personnel Office said “today’s the day to get counted.” New Mexico has 12 days left to collect census data and Coleman said unlike COVID-19 numbers, the state needs to see higher census numbers. “It's really good when numbers go up in the census,” Coleman said. “So my message to everyone listening to the press covering is that if you are waiting for the perfect day to respond to the census, today's the day.” Coleman said the state had a 57 percent self-response rate as of Thursday and that while it’s a “good” number it should be higher. She said some families may be visited by census workers, but that anyone can call to submit their information as well as submitting it online. Census information is not only used to count the state’s population, but also directly impacts how much money New Mexico gets from the federal government. Coleman said through health care, housing, education and job programs, New Mexico could see almost $8 billion a year. To put the potential money into perspective, Coleman said if every New Mexican is counted, the money the state receives would be equivalent to every household member receiving $10 every day.
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Herrell finishes review of ballots, won't challenge election results
After inspecting absentee ballots from the 2nd Congressional District’s most-populous county, Republican Yvette Herrell decided not to challenge the results of the election she lost to Democrat Xochitl Torres Small in November. Herrell announced the news Monday, the deadline to challenge the results.
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Live blog: Opening day of the 2019 legislative session
A new legislative session begins today, with a new governor and a revamped and enlarged Democratic majority in the state House. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham will deliver her first State of the State address to a joint session of the state Legislature some time after the Legislature starts the session at noon.
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