Early voting light for Tuesday's contests

Early voting has been “somewhat underwhelming” for Tuesday’s elections, Curry County Clerk Annie Hogland said late Friday afternoon.

Hogland said 652 early votes had been cast as of Friday. The county has 25,188 registered voters. Curry County had about four times more early votes cast in the 2022 general election.

In Roosevelt County, Clerk Mandi Park said 458 voters cast ballots early, though early voting continued Saturday. Roosevelt has 10,800 registered voters. The general election last year saw about twice as many early voters in Roosevelt County, newspaper archives show.

Two years ago, Curry County had 531 early votes through Friday, while Roosevelt County had 179.

Election Day is Tuesday with polls open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. throughout the state. Same-day voter registration is available on Tuesday.

Most communities have contested races, including two municipal school board spots in Clovis. In Portales, two school board seats are contested along with two city council positions.

School tax questions are also on the ballots in Dora, Portales and Texico. In each case, superintendents have said support will not result in a tax increase.

Here are the local races, tax questions and locations for voting:

Election ballots

CAUSEY

Mayor

Kris King

City Council

(Vote for 4)

Teresa Nance

Jimmy Stokes

Darrell Caviness

Jill Caviness

CLOVIS

School Board District 3

Paul Serafin Cordova, Jr

Catherine F. Cobb

School Board District 4

Shawn L. Hamilton

School Board District 5

Terry Martin

Nathan McCreery

Clovis Community College Board Position 2

Janice S. Bradburn

DORA

City Council

(Vote for 2)

Kendall Manis

Bobbie Victor

School Board

(Vote for 2)

Kyle Burress

Andrea King

Patrick Kircher

Tana Duncan

Billy Cathey

Dallen Skelley

Tax question:

“Shall the Dora Consolidated School District No. 39 be authorized to issue up to $2,300,000 of general obligation bonds?”

(Vote for or against.)

ELIDA

City Council

(Vote for 2)

Tina Dixon

Andres Jasso (write in)

School Board

(Vote for 2)

Chance Bradley

Cody Ferguson

FLOYD

Mayor

Colin Chandler

City Council

Seth Chandler

School Board

(Vote for 4)

James Love

Marvin Nall

Adam Burns

Mary Kropp

Delbert Rector

Charlsea Lee

Tice Love

GRADY

Mayor

Pattye Ann Austin

James Carroll Schell

Vicki K. Windham

Kodie D. Weese

Sean Constable (write-in)

City Council

(Vote for 2)

James M Austin

Jena K Rush

Ruth Qualls Schell

Bobby Gene Windham

School Board

(Vote for 3)

Emory Walon Jones

Kathy D. Edwards

Elnabeth T. Grau

Chantry Robert Borden

John Sublette Croy

MELROSE

Mayor

Meadow Forget

City Council

(Vote for 2)

Alan R. Daugherty

Ron Moore (write-in)

School Board

(Vote for 3)

Barry L. Allen

Cedar C. Rush

Stephen F. Caton

PORTALES

City Council A

Veronica Cordova

City Council B

Daniel Boan

Rustin Self

City Council C

Eldon Merrick

Chadrick Heflin

City Council D

Michael Rackler

Hospital Board District 3

Douglas Stone

Hospital Board District 4

Margaret Davis

Virginia Clemmons

Hospital Board District 5

Paul Benoit

School Board District 1

Cade Skinner

Doug Pfaffenberger

School Board District 2

Inez Rodriguez

Brent Small

School Board District 5

Dustin Cabeldue

Tax question:

"Shall the Portales Municipal School District No.1 continue to impose a property tax levy of $1.25 per each $1,000.00 of net taxable value of property allocated to the Portales Municipal School District No.1 for the property tax years 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029 and 2030 for the purposes of:

A. erecting, remodeling, making additions to, providing equipment for or furnishing public school buildings;

B. payments made pursuant to a financing agreement entered into by a school district or a charter school for the leasing of a building or other real property with an option to purchase for a price that is reduced according to payments made;

C. purchasing or improving public school grounds;

D. purchasing activity vehicles for transporting students to and from extracurricular school activities;

E. administering the projects undertaken pursuant to Subsections A and C of this section, including expenditures for facility maintenance software, project management software, project oversight and district personnel specifically related to administration of projects funded by the Public School Buildings Act; provided that expenditures pursuant to this subsection shall not exceed five percent of the total project costs; and

F. purchasing and installing education technology improvements, excluding salary expenses of school district employees, but including tools used in the educational process that constitute learning and administrative resources

(Vote for or against)

TEXICO

City Council

(Vote for 2)

Sharon J Askew

Patricia A. Rojas-Natividad

Kathy Ann Bullington

Dave L. Parmer

School Board

(Vote for 3)

Tyrell Clayton Gonser

Tara G. Bonestroo

Derek Kyle Cain

Steven Ira Dallas

Tax Question

Shall the Board of Education of the Texico Municipal School District No. 2, Counties of Curry and Roosevelt, State of New Mexico, be authorized to impose a property tax of $2.00 on each $1,000.00 of net taxable value of the property allocated to the District under the Property Tax Code for the property tax years 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029, and 2030 for capital improvements in the District including payments made with respect to lease-purchase arrangements as defined in the Education Technology Equipment Act [Chapter 6, Article 15A NMSA 1978], or the Public School Lease Purchase Act [Chapter 22, Article 26A NMSA 1978], but excluding any other debt service expenses, for:

(1) erecting, remodeling, making additions to, providing equipment for or furnishing public school buildings, including teacher housing, and pre-kindergarten classroom facilities;

(2) purchasing or improving public school or pre-kindergarten grounds;

(3) maintenance of public school buildings, including teacher housing, or public school or pre-kindergarten grounds, including the purchasing or repairing of maintenance equipment and participating in the facility information management system as required by the Public School Capital Outlay Act and including payments under contracts with regional education cooperatives for maintenance support services and expenditures for technical training and certification for maintenance and facilities management personnel, but excluding salary expenses of District employees;

(4) purchasing activity vehicles for transporting students to extracurricular school activities;

(5) purchasing computer software and hardware for student use in public school classrooms; and

(6) purchasing and installing education technology improvements, excluding salary expenses of District employees, but including tools used in the educational process that constitute learning and administrative resources, and that may also include: (a) satellite, copper and fiber-optic transmission; computer and network connection devices; digital communication equipment, including voice, video and data equipment; servers; switches; portable media devices, such as discs and drives to contain data for electronic storage and playback; and the purchase or lease of software licenses or other technologies and services, maintenance, equipment and computer infrastructure information, techniques and tools used to implement technology in schools and related facilities; and (b) improvements, alterations and modifications to, or expansions of, existing buildings or tangible personal property necessary or advisable to house or otherwise accommodate any of the tools listed in this paragraph?

(Vote for or against)

Border Soil and Water Conservation District Board

Supervisor

Trenton Bilberry

Border Soil and Water Conservation District Board

Landowner

(Vote for 3)

Daniel Curtin

David Craig

Payton Terry

Central Curry Soil and Water Conservation Board

Supervisor

Erik R. Nelson

Central Curry Soil and Water Conservation Board

Landowner

(Vote for 2)

Cory Lynn Allen

Spencer D. Pipkin

Roosevelt Soil and Water Conservation District Board

Supervisor

Mitzi Miller

Roosevelt Soil and Water Conservation District Board

Landowner

(Vote for 2)

Kendell Buzard

Ricky Ledbetter

Voting information

Curry County

Election Day Voting

Nov. 7

Polls are open 7 a.m. – 7 p.m.

Curry County voters may vote at any election day polling place listed below, regardless of where they live:

La Casa Senior Center - 1120 Cameo St, Clovis

Clovis Community College - 417 Schepps Blvd, Clovis

North Plains Mall - 2809 N Prince St, Clovis

Farmers Electric Cooperative - 3701 N Thornton St, Clovis

Countyline Fire Department (formerly “Road Barn”) - 1006 CR 6, Clovis

Pleasant Hill Fire Department - 304 SR 77, Texico

Grady Senior Center - 104 W Main, Grady

Melrose City Hall - 105 E Avenue B, Melrose

Texico Community Building - 215 N Griffin, Texico

Roosevelt County

Election Day

Voter Convenience Centers:

Dora Senior Center, 227 Avenue A, Dora

Elida Community Center, 704 State St., Elida

Floyd Community Center, 1572 NM Highway 267, Floyd

Jake Lopez Community Center, 705A E. Lime St., Portales

Memorial Building, 200 E. Seventh St., Portales