How to register to voteIf you live in New Mexico, the Secretary of State’s office provides NMVote.org, the New Mexico Voter Information Portal where you can register to vote or update your registration information. The site also provides guidance on how to register using a paper form.
If you live in New Mexico, the Secretary of State’s office provides NMVote.org, the New Mexico Voter Information Portal where you can register to vote or update your registration information. The site also provides guidance on how to register using a paper form.
How to check your registrationCan’t remember whether you’re registered to vote? New Mexico’s voter portal can help. Visit NMVote.org to check your registration status, what districts you’ll be voting in, view a sample ballot, and more.
Can’t remember whether you’re registered to vote? New Mexico’s voter portal can help. Visit NMVote.org to check your registration status, what districts you’ll be voting in, view a sample ballot, and more.
Key dates for voting in your state
OCT 8
Last day to register to vote in General Election (Same day voter registration is available up to election day at County Clerk’s offices).
NOV 5
General Election day
Ballot Measures
What are ballot measures?
It’s common to feel uncertain about statewide ballot initiatives in the voting booth or on our election ballots, but this can be where the rubber meets for the road in fighting climate change.
Voting on ballot measures, also known as “Bond questions” and “Constitutional Amendments” in New Mexico this year, can be a critical way to protect the environment. These measures, known as a form of “direct democracy” put the public in the decision-making seat, and give voters direct access to the legislative process and the ability to influence public policy.
Citizens can propose, adopt, or reject laws, policies, and taxes through initiatives, referendums and recalls, giving more power to the people and fostering a more informed and involved electorate. Ballot propositions can be submitted by a state legislature, a local government, or by citizens, and are up to the voters to decide.
Why do they matter?
Ballot measures are critical to vote on because they’re an opportunity for your voice to directly impact an outcome for our environment and resources.
This year, New Mexico has eight ballot measures. Visit here to learn more about each bond question and constitutional amendment, so you can be prepared on election day!
Our Priorities: Protecting New Mexico’s Waterways
WRA is working to protect the landscapes and waterways that make New Mexico truly the Land of Enchantment.
In the last two years, New Mexico invested $350 million in its first ever dedicated funding stream for conservation. The Land of Enchantment Legacy Fund safeguards New Mexico’s wild landscapes, protects wildlife and cultural sides, and expands outdoor access. Now it’s time to do the same for our waterways.
With the Supreme Court decision that removed protections from wetlands and streams across the U.S., the risk of contamination from and oil and gas development, and rivers strained by drought, New Mexico needs stronger protections for its wetlands, streams, and drinking water. At WRA, we’re pushing for increased funding to help keep water in rivers and legislation that keeps our rivers flowing, our drinking water clean, and our wetlands wild.
Visit your home county’s election department to find sample ballots, candidate lists, in-person polling locations, and more
- Bernalillo County elections
- Catron County Clerk
- Chaves County Clerk’s Office
- Cibola County Clerk
- Colfax County Bureau of Elections
- Curry County Bureau of Elections
- De Baca County – tucdkjw@nmcourts.gov
- Dona Ana County Elections Bureau
- Eddy County Bureau of Elections
- Grant County elections
- Guadalupe County Clerk’s Office
Upcoming nonpartisan debates or candidate forumsCheck your local area elections page to see if there are any upcoming forums or debates in your area.
Check your local area elections page to see if there are any upcoming forums or debates in your area.
"New Mexico is expected to have 25% less water in our rivers and streams over the next 50 years. Water can’t wait – we must act now to protect our state’s most precious resource. Our elected leaders play a key role in securing local water supplies and keeping our rivers healthy and flowing. By voting down ballot this election, you can show our leaders that water is a top priority for New Mexicans."
Ask Your Candidates Where They Stand on Climate Policy in New Mexico
All 112 state legislative seats are on the ballot in 2024.
Clean Energy
- Last year, New Mexico took important steps in adopting clean cars and clean trucks regulations. How will you support the implementation of these rules in your position?
- How will you support a just transition to a clean energy future in New Mexico?
Water
- How do you think that New Mexico can make communities, farms, ranches, and the environment more resilient against drought?
- New Mexicans place great value in our rivers as natural places. The Strategic Water Reserve is the only existing tool that allows the state to acquire water for the benefit of species and it has never been consistently funded. What can be done to support this tool and what other actions should be taken to expand opportunities to keep water in-stream for the benefit of our rivers, wildlife and communities?
- Last year, the Supreme Court removed significant federal protections for New Mexico’s streams and wetlands. Do you support finding a way to reinstate those protections at the state level?
Public Lands
- What types of policy changes will you look to in order to modernize and improve New Mexico’s New Mexico Department of Game and Fish?
- How do you think that we can continue to support equitable outdoor access for all New Mexicans?
