2016 elections

Latest turnout numbers for Bernalillo, Doña Ana counties

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New Mexicans are headed to the polls on election day —and it appears voters are out in full force in some of the state’s most populous counties. In Bernalillo County, more than 1,000 voters turned out within 15 minutes of the polls opening. A spokesman for the Bernalillo County Clerk’s office said within the first hour, voting convenience centers saw about 4,000 voters overall. As of 11:00 a.m., four hours after voting convenience centers opened, 14,275 votes were cast in Bernalillo County. Bernalillo County has also received 222 returned absentee ballots.

Bernalillo County

Heavy turnout among BernCo Dems ahead of primary

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Democrats seem more motivated to get out the vote in Bernalillo County, if early voting numbers headed toward the end of early voting are any indication. Out of 33,812 voters who cast their ballots early in the county, Bernalillo County Clerk Maggie Toulouse Oliver said 70 percent are Democrats, while 30 percent are Republicans. The turnout is much bigger than the last presidential election year. “That’s almost twice as many as we had as of the  same time period in 2012,” Toulouse Oliver told NM Political Report. Bernalillo County is the most populous county in the state.