{"id":23003,"date":"2010-11-02T00:05:08","date_gmt":"2010-11-02T06:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/?p=23003"},"modified":"2010-11-02T13:35:10","modified_gmt":"2010-11-02T19:35:10","slug":"election-day-has-arrived","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2010\/11\/election-day-has-arrived\/","title":{"rendered":"Election Day has arrived"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Election Day is here! NMPolitics.net plans updates during the day as they\u2019re warranted and constant coverage of the results this evening. Check back often.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, if you haven\u2019t already done so, vote! Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>You can find your polling place here:<\/p>\n<p><script src=\"http:\/\/www.gmodules.com\/ig\/ifr?url=http:\/\/election-gadgets.googlecode.com\/hg\/voter-info\/voter-info-gadget.xml&amp;up_gadgetType=iframe&amp;up_fontFamily=Arial%2Csans-serif&amp;up_fontSize=16&amp;up_fontUnits=px&amp;up_state=NM&amp;up_homePrompt=Find%20your%20polling%20place!%20Enter%20the%20*full%20home%20address*%20where%20you%E2%80%99re%20registered%20to%20vote%2C%20including%20city%20and%20state%3A&amp;up_example=Ex%3A%201%20Mansion%20Drive%2C%20Santa%20Fe%2C%20NM&amp;up_submit=0&amp;synd=open&amp;w=400&amp;h=480&amp;title=Google+Election+Center+app&amp;border=%23ffffff%7C0px%2C1px+solid+%23595959%7C0px%2C1px+solid+%23797979%7C0px%2C2px+solid+%23898989&amp;output=js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Throughout the day, The Santa Fe New Mexican and New Mexico Independent will be hosting a liveblog of the day\u2019s events. Find it <a href=\"http:\/\/www.santafenewmexican.com\/Local%20News\/110110-General-Election-Information\">here<\/a>. I\u2019ll be on it from time to time.<\/p>\n<p>If you have questions about voting or experience Election Day problems, you can call the nonprofit coalition Count Every Vote New Mexico at 1-866-OUR VOTE\u00a0(866-687-8683) or 1-888-VE-Y-VOTA\u00a0(888-839-8682).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-23004\" title=\"Vote\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Vote.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"270\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Before calling the group, you should probably call your county clerk with questions or concerns. You can find your clerk\u2019s contact information <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sos.state.nm.us\/sos-CClerk.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t know who the candidates are? You can find your sample ballot <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sos.state.nm.us\/sos-SampleBallot.html\">here<\/a>. You can learn more about the candidates, proposed constitutional amendments and bond questions from voter guides published by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lcsun-news.com\/las_cruces_election_2010\">Las Cruces Sun-News<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abqjournal.com\/abqnews\/2010-general-election\">Albuquerque Journal<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.santafenewmexican.com\/election\/\">Santa Fe New Mexican<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lwvnm.org\/\">League of Women Voters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As I said, I\u2019ll be working from the moment the polls close until the early hours of Wednesday morning if necessary \u2013 and I predict it will be necessary \u2013 to bring you election results as quickly as I can. Check back often.<\/p>\n<p>E-mail me at <a href=\"mailto:heath@haussamen.com\">heath@haussamen.com<\/a> if you encounter any newsworthy situations or want to provide reports and\/or photos from polling places. I\u2019m interested in reports and photos from around the state\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Take the time to vote today. And good luck to the candidates!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Election Day is here! NMPolitics.net plans updates during the day as they\u2019re warranted and constant coverage of the results this evening. Check back often. In the meantime, if you haven\u2019t already done so, vote! Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,1],"tags":[108,107,116],"class_list":["post-23003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","category-uncategorized","tag-2010-election","tag-roundhouse","tag-washington"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23003","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=23003"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23003\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}