Socorro Public Library - Election Information
          Primary Election June 3, 2008

     Socorro's Primary Election Deadlines:
          Register to vote by May 6^th
          Request absentee ballot prior to May 30^th
          First absentee ballots mailed out: May 6^th
          Early (in person) paper ballot voting begins: May 6^th at the court house
          Early (in person) machine voting begins: May 12^th at the court house
          Early (in person) machine voting begins: May 17^th at alternate sites
          Last day for early voting: May 31^st
     Primary Election Day: June 3^rd
          Polls will be open from 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM.
          The County Clerk shall accept completed official mailing envelopes containing absentee ballots until 7:00 PM.

     New Mexico's General Election: November 4^th
          Last filing day for independent candidates is June 4^th.
          Voter registration re-opens on June 9^th.
          Last filing day for minority party candidates is June 24^th.
          Last filing day for write-in candidates is September 2^nd.
          Last day to register to vote in general election is October 7^th.

     Note:   Republican and Democrat candidates for county, state and congressional public office will be on the ballot (see below). In the primary for the office of President of the United States only the Republicans will be voting in this primary election, as the Democrats already caucused for delegates in February. See "Socorro Democrats split on Clinton and Obama" from the El Defensor Chieftain.

     Socorro County Candidates

     The New Mexico Election Handbook is available here in pdf format from the New Mexico Secretary of State's office.

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