CD1 race offers first chance to register, vote through Election Day
Copyright © 2021 Albuquerque Journal SANTA FE – The special election to fill a vacant Albuquerque-area congressional seat, which got underway this week with the start of early and absentee voting, is breaking new ground in New Mexico. Ralph Tapia casts his ballot Tuesday at the Bernalillo County Annex in Albuquerque on the first day of early voting for a special election to fill New Mexico’s 1st Congressional District seat. (Adolphe Pierre-Louis/Albuquerque Journal) That’s because for the first time, qualified residents will be able to register to vote and cast a ballot on the same day...