New Mexico 2018 Voter Guide

The League of Women Voters has a long tradition of publishing the verbatim responses of candidates to questions important to voters. The League offers this Voters’ Guide to assist citizens in their decision making process as they prepare for participation in the general election. The League of Women Voters does not support or oppose any candidate or political party.

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Statewide Voter Guide

Get a personalized Voter Guide for your address, anywhere in New Mexico:

<p><a href="<https://lwvnm.civicengine.com/">Click here to go to the Statewide Voter Guide</a> </p>

Now that the election is over, the interactive statewide voter guide is no longer available.

Statewide issues:

Constitutional Amendments

Constitutional Amendment 1

PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLE 6 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF NEW MEXICO TO GIVE THE LEGISLATURE AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE FOR APPELLATE JURISDICTION BY STATUTE
Constitutional Amendment 2

PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE 5 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF NEW MEXICO TO CREATE AN INDEPENDENT STATE ETHICS COMMISSION WITH JURISDICTION TO INVESTIGATE, ADJUDICATE AND ISSUE ADVISORY OPINIONS CONCERNING CIVIL VIOLATIONS OF LAWS GOVERNING ETHICS, STANDARDS OF CONDUCT AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS AS PROVIDED BY LAW

Bond Issues

There are four statewide bond measures:

Bond Issue A – Aging and Long-Term Services Department
Bond Issue B – Library Acquisitions
Bond Issue C – School Buses
Bond Issue D – Higher Education Facilities

Read more details: Statewide Bond Measures.

Local League Voter Guides

Our four local Leagues each produce a printed voter guide which is distributed to homes and made available in public places. You can read the PDFs here:

New: Native American Voter Guides

This year, the LWV has coordinated with the Native American Voting Task Force, thanks to a generous grant from the Thornburg Foundation, to create Voter Guides for the Native American communities in these counties:

Bernalillo	Cibola	Luna	McKinley
Otero	Rio Arriba	Sandoval	San Juan
Santa Fe	Socorro	Taos	Valencia

District Court Judge Candidates for the Native American Voter Guides:

The League of Women Voters’ Native American Voter Guides for Bernalillo, McKinley, Otero, Rio Arriba, Santa Fe, San Juan and Socorro Counties are missing information on District Judge races. The League did not receive the complete information from the Secretary of State’s office before the guides were printed. We regret the omission. Please help us get the word out to voters in these counties.

We now have corrected Voter Guides for Otero, Soccorro, McKinley and San Juan, Bernalillo, and Rio Arriba counties. We'll post the rest as soon as we get them.

Bernalillo County, Second Judicial District, Division 25

Jane C. Levy, Democrat

McKinley and San Juan Counties, Eleventh Judicial District, Division 3

Sarah V. Weaver (write-in) Republican

Otero County, Twelfth Judicial District, Division 1

Steven Edward Blankinship, Republican

Santa Fe and Rio Arriba Counties, First Judicial District

Division 2

Maria E. Sanchez-Gagne, Democrat

Division 5

Jason C. Lidyard, Democrat

Socorro County, Seventh Judicial District, Division 3

Roscoe A. Woods, Democrat
Shannon L. Murdock, Republican

Candidate Forums

Watch the video of the the Los Alamos LWV's first candidate forum on October 6, 2016: House District 43 Sharon Stover and Stephanie Garcia Richard, District Attorneys Yvonne Chicoine and Marco Peter Serna, Probate Judges Anne Nobile and Abe Dispenette (the latter couldn't attend), and the debate on the Los Alamos County measure to abolish the office of sheriff, Amendment 1, between Robert Gibson (for abolishing) and John Horne (against).

Voter Information

See the Voter Information page for details on how to register, important links and dates.

The League has also prepared a brief guide to voting in New Mexico: Voting 101.

Find your nearest polling location at the Secretary of State's Polling Map. -->

Election Info

2018 General Election Calendar

Tuesday, October 9:

Last day to register to vote
County clerks will begin sending absentee ballots
In-person voting at county clerk offices during normal business hours)

Saturday, October 20:

Early in-person voting at other locations

Friday, November 2:

Last day for county clerks to send absentee ballots to voters

Saturday, November 3:

Last day of countywide early voting

Tuesday, November 6:

Election Day
Last day for voters to return an absentee ballot to a polling location or county clerk's office

Voter Guide Rules

Our rules for soliciting statements from NM statewide candidates:

All candidates who have properly filed with the Secretary of State's office received questionnaires, except those who will be unopposed in the election. Responses of all candidates are published. Unopposed candidates and write-in candidates who are certified under the code will have their names listed along with the office for which they are a candidate. Additional information may be included.
Due to space constraints and fairness to all candidates, there was a fixed word limit to each response. The League assumes no responsibility for the content of any candidate's reply. Further, the League publishes this information neither to endorse nor to reject the views of any candidates. If there is a question of potentially defamatory content, the League will defer to the opinion of counsel.
The deadline for receipt of responses was August 29. If no reply was received by the deadline, the words, "No reply received" will appear by the candidate's name.
Responses may have been edited to fit the web page format. The League will in no way edit for meaning, grammar, punctuation, or spelling.

Candidates on each page are listed alphabetically, except that write-in candidates are listed after other candidates.