With 24 precincts yet to report, voter turnout is already unexpectedly high in the spaceport tax election.
The county’s tally with 83 of 107 precincts reporting includes 14,787 votes. We know there are at least 400 absentee ballots, so that brings the total number of ballots up to at least 15,187.
That’s 15.7 percent of the 96,435 registered voters in the county.
New Mexico Economic Development Secretary Rick Homans predicted this morning voter turnout of 10-15 percent. Elections Supervisor Lynn Ellins predicted there would be 12,000-15,000 votes.