{"id":2082,"date":"2007-08-09T08:50:00","date_gmt":"2007-08-09T14:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2007\/08\/city-council-formalizes-november-election\/"},"modified":"2007-08-09T08:50:00","modified_gmt":"2007-08-09T14:50:00","slug":"city-council-formalizes-november-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2007\/08\/city-council-formalizes-november-election\/","title":{"rendered":"City Council formalizes November election"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Las Cruces<\/a> city councilors approved this week a resolution formalizing the date and other details of the upcoming Nov. 6 municipal election. <\/p>\n

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Up for grabs in November are:<\/p>\n

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\u2022 The mayor\u2019s office. Bill Mattiace<\/a> has announced that he will seek re-election.<\/p>\n

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\u2022 The District 1 council seat currently held by Jose Frietze<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\u2022 The District 2 council seat held by Dolores Connor<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\u2022 The District 4 council seat held by Steve Trowbridge<\/a>, who has announced he won\u2019t seek re-election. Isaac Chavez, who unsuccessfully challenged state Rep. Andy Nu\u00f1ez last year, has said he\u2019s likely running<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\u2022 The municipal judgeship held by Melissa Miller-Byrnes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Candidates must file formal declarations between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Sept. 25 at the city clerk\u2019s office, located on the basement level of City Hall, 200 N. Church Street<\/a>. Voter registration for the city election ends at 5 p.m. on Oct. 9.<\/p>\n

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Absentee ballots can be requested beginning Oct. 10, and in-person absentee voting at the clerk\u2019s office begins Oct. 17. All absentee voting ends on Nov. 3. Hours for absentee voting will be Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. On three Saturdays \u2013 Oct. 20, Oct. 27 and Nov. 3 \u2013 absentee voting will be held from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.<\/p>\n

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Polls will be open on the first Tuesday in November from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Each seat up for grabs has a four-year term.<\/p>\n

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The biggest issue in the election will be the city\u2019s rapid growth. Approval in April of the gross receipts tax increase to help fund Spaceport America<\/a> and in May of the annexation and master plan for The Vistas at Presidio<\/a>, a massive development on the East Mesa<\/st1:place>, has galvanized citizens who think growth is out of control.<\/p>\n

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The biggest question yet to be answered is whether Councilor Ken Miyagishima<\/a>, who ran unsuccessfully against Mattiace in 2003, will try again. Miyagishima\u2019s last public comment was that he hasn\u2019t made a decision.<\/p>\n

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His current term runs until 2009, so he has nothing to lose by running for mayor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Las Cruces city councilors approved this week a resolution formalizing the date and other details of the upcoming Nov. 6 municipal election. Up for grabs in November are: \u2022 The mayor\u2019s office. Bill Mattiace has announced that he will seek re-election. \u2022 The District 1 council seat currently held by Jose Frietze. \u2022 The District […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2082"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2082\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}