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Silver City councilors approved a notice of intent to adopt an ordinance that will formally remove the last of the town’s independent election laws from the books, replacing them with verbiage that conforms with the state’s 2018 Local Election Act, and also revisited the town’s mask mandate at their regular meeting Tuesday night. Silver City proudly ran its own elections until this year, when the departure of longtime Town Clerk …

Four seats on the Carlsbad City Council are up for grabs later this year and Ward 3 will have a new councilor for the first time in nearly 10 years.

Early voting will begin on Oct. 16 this year, while absentee voting begins Oct. 5. Election Day will be on Nov. 2, 2021.

LAS CRUCES - City councilors were split Monday on the issue of requiring candidates for municipal office to collect signatures to appear on the ballot. Ultimately, a slim majority of councilors agreed the process should return as a requirement for those seeking local office. During a March 8 work session, during which no official action could be taken, Las Cruces City Clerk Christine Rivera gave a presentation to the city council on how her office was preparing for the municipal elections in November. Rivera said the clerk's office wants to implement online election packets, an online campai...