Doña Ana County voting centers to debut in June election

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Las Cruces Sun-News -  Doña Ana County will showcase its first-ever at-large voting centers on June 5 —a change election officials say should benefit election-day voters. Under the new model, registered voters can visit any one of 39 sites throughout the county to cast a ballot tailored to their own precinct on election day. So, someone who lives in Chaparral, for instance, could vote in Hatch, if they're in the neighborhood. "You're never in the wrong precinct," Doña Ana County Clerk Lynn Ellins said. Before, if a voter went to a polling place that didn't have his or her precinct, the person would either have to find the correct polling place and go there, or cast a provisional ballot — a type that's tallied separately from other votes in the days following the election. A down-side to some voters, however, could be that there will be fewer places countywide to vote. In past elections, there were about 80 polling sites, some of which hosted multiple precincts. Read More News New Mexico

Doña Ana County voting centers to debut in June election