{"id":3813,"date":"2008-10-07T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-07T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2008\/10\/today-is-the-deadline-to-register-to-vote\/"},"modified":"2008-10-07T05:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-10-07T11:00:00","slug":"today-is-the-deadline-to-register-to-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2008\/10\/today-is-the-deadline-to-register-to-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"Today is the deadline to register to vote"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\">I can\u2019t imagine there are many people who read this site who aren\u2019t already registered to vote, but I felt that I would be remiss to let pass the deadline to register without mentioning it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">So: Today is the last day to register to vote in the Nov. 4 general election. If you haven\u2019t already registered, please do so today.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Registration applications must be submitted in person before the Do\u00f1a Ana County Clerk\u2019s Office closes today at 5 p.m. or postmarked by today and received in the office by Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">As of Friday, there were almost 105,000 registered voters in the county.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Also, early voting begins today at the <st1:place st=\"on\"><st1:placename st=\"on\">Do\u00f1a<\/st1:placename> <st1:placename st=\"on\">Ana<\/st1:placename> <st1:placename st=\"on\">County<\/st1:placename> <st1:placename st=\"on\">Government<\/st1:placename>  <st1:placetype st=\"on\">Center<\/st1:placetype><\/st1:place>, <a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?f=q&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;q=845+N.+Motel+Blvd.,+las+cruces&amp;sll=37.0625,-95.677068&amp;sspn=41.903538,59.853516&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;ll=32.309877,-106.815605&amp;spn=0.010954,0.014613&amp;z=16&amp;iwloc=addr\" target=\"_blank\">845 N. Motel Blvd.<\/a>, and today is the first day that those who have requested absentee ballots can begin submitting them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Early voting runs weekdays through Oct. 31 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Saturday, Nov. 1, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Also, starting Oct. 18, early voting will begin at several other locations around the county.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">For more information on registering to vote or early and absentee voting, call the clerk\u2019s office at (575) 647-7428.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">You can also register to vote by clicking on this widget, though I don\u2019t know enough about how <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rockthevote.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rock the Vote<\/a> works to promise that your application will be submitted in time to vote in this election:<\/p>\n<table width=\"150\" align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" height=\"200\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"\">  <\/span><\/p>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"\">    <\/span><\/p>\n<td id=\"rtvwaw-launch\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\" onclick=\"if(typeof(WAReg)=='object')return false;if(!\/WebKit\\\/[4-7]|MSIE [6-9]|Gecko\\\/200(51[12]|[6-9])|Opera\\\/9\/.test(navigator.userAgent))return true;WAReg={launcherHtml:this.innerHTML,isStandalone:0};var d=document;var s=d.createElement('script');s.src='http:\/\/www.registrationbyworkingassets.com\/client\/wareg.js?popin=1&amp;api_key=uAIe6R_nPxXIHPJxtAXWvO4qpNM&amp;lang=&amp;%72eg_id=&amp;r='+Math.random();d.body.appendChild(s);this.innerHTML='Please wait...';return false;\" align=\"center\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"\">      <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rockthevote.com\/indexNoPop.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Register to Vote: Rock the Vote, powered by Credo Mobile\" style=\"cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rockthevote.com\/images\/ovr-web-banners\/150x200_e.gif\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"\">    <\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"\">  <\/span><\/p>\n<\/tr>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I can\u2019t imagine there are many people who read this site who aren\u2019t already registered to vote, but I felt that I would be remiss to let pass the deadline to register without mentioning it. So: Today is the last day to register to vote in the Nov. 4 general election. If you haven\u2019t already [&hellip;]<\/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-3813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3813","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=3813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3813\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}