2023 Local Election Voting Information

 

Find out where and how to vote in Valencia County in the upcoming November 2023 regular local election.

Important dates 

Tuesday, Oct. 10 

• Voter registration closes for all mail and online registrations.

New Mexico does offer same-day registration, so eligible voter can register to vote or update their voter registration and then vote on the same day at the county clerk’s office, at all early voting locations and any voter convenience center on Election Day. SDR cannot be used for absentee voting; it is only available for voters voting in person, on the same day they register or update their registration. 

To use SDR bring one of the three following:  

• New Mexico driver’s license or New Mexico identification card issued through the motor vehicle division of the taxation and revenue department 
• Any document that contains an address in the county together with a photo ID card
• A current valid student photo ID card from a post-secondary educational institution in New Mexico, accompanied by a current student fee statement that contains the student’s address in the county.
• Absentee by mail/early in-person voting begins.

To request an absentee ballot application, go to portal.sos.state.nm.us, or call the Valencia County Clerk’s Bureau of Elections at 505-866-2080. Applications must be submitted by Tuesday, Oct. 24, either by mail or in person at the clerk’s office, 444 Luna Ave., Los Lunas, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

Absentee ballots must be completed and returned by 7 p.m., Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 7. 

Ballots can be returned by mail, in person at the clerk’s office, at any of the early voting locations, at one of the Voter Convenience Centers on Election Day or in one of the following three secure ballot dropboxes in the county until 7 p.m. on Election Day. 

Ballot dropbox locations 

• Belen Community Center 

305 Eagle Lane, Belen 

• Bosque Farms Public Library 

1455 W. Bosque Loop, Bosque Farms 

• Valencia County Administration Offices 

444 Luna Ave., Los Lunas 

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Early in-person voting 

Early in-person voting will be from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Saturday, from Tuesday, Oct. 10, through Tuesday, Oct. 24, at the Valencia County Administration Building, 444 Luna Ave., Los Lunas. 

Saturday, Oct. 21 

• Alternate early voting begins

Early voting at alternate voting sites begins on Saturday, Oct. 21, and runs through Saturday, Nov. 4. The three sites are open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Saturday. 

• Belen Community Center 

305 Eagle Lane, Belen 

• Bosque Farms Public Library 

1455 W. Bosque Loop, Bosque Farms 

• Valencia County Administration Offices 

444 Luna Ave., Los Lunas 

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Voter Convenience Centers 

7 a.m. to 7 p.m., Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 7 

• Ann Parish Elementary School 

112 Meadow Lake Road, Meadow Lake 

• Belen Community Center 

305 Eagle Lane, Belen 

• Belen Public Library 

333 Becker Ave., Belen 

• Bosque Farms Public Library 

1455 W. Bosque Loop, Bosque Farms 

• Daniel Fernandez Intermediate School 

32 Sun Valley Road, Los Lunas 

• Del Rio Senior Center 

351 Rio Communities Blvd., Rio Communities 

• Don Jose Dolores Cordova Cultural Center 

426 Jarales Road, Jarales 

• El Cerro Mission Community Center 

309 El Cerro Mission Road, El Cerro Mission 

• Logsdon Hall 

19676 N.M. 314, Los Chavez 

• Los Lunas Schools Administration 

119 Luna Ave., Los Lunas 

• Peralta Town Hall 

90A Molina Road, Peralta 

• Pueblo of Isleta Veterans Center 

4001 N.M. 314, Isleta 

• Tomé Dominguez de Mendoza Community Center 

2933 N.M. 47, Tomé 

• UNM-Valencia Workforce Training Center 

1020 Huning Ranch East Loop SW, Los Lunas 

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For this year’s candidate Q&As, visit our Election Guide page. You will also find information about the tax questions on the ballot for Belen Consolidated Schools and Los Lunas Schools, as well as an inside look at the process the Valencia County Clerk’s Office undertakes to certify voting tabulators ahead of every election.