‘Very light turnout’ reported in Doña Ana County

“Very light turnout” is how Doña Ana County’s director of public information and special projects described the first few hours of voting on this primary election day, but he expects that to change as the day progresses.

“I think it’s early in the day,” county spokesman Jess Williams said. “I think it’ll pick up this afternoon.”

He said there were a few glitches when polls opened this morning — some machines had problems and some poll workers were late or didn’t show up — but those issues have been resolved. In addition, two polling places had to be moved two weeks ago, one because the church where the polling place was to be housed had sold its building to another church and was in the process of moving.

Williams said he didn’t have information on why the other location was moved, but he said both polling places have been successfully moved and information is posted to notify voters of the change.

A prior version of this posting incorrectly stated that the two polling places were moved earlier today.