More than 4,200 vote early in spaceport tax election

Some 4.4 percent of Doña Ana County’s registered voters have already voted in Tuesday’s election on whether to raise the gross receipts tax 1/4 percent to help fund Spaceport America.

With another 171 absentee ballots yet to be returned, the number of absentee voters will grow. Currently, 4,229 people have voted early and absentee, according to the clerks’ office. That’s 4.4 percent of the 96,435 people registered to vote for the spaceport tax election.

There were 3,829 early voters and 400 returned absentee ballots as of Saturday evening. Early voting has ended, but absentee ballots can be returned until the polls close on Tuesday.

Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Tuesday. For a list of polling places, click here. To read the sample ballot, click here.