First day of early voting in New Mexico includes ‘hiccup’ for same-day registration

By: Danielle Prokop

Outlets: Source New Mexico

Published: May 5, 2026

Words: 656

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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The first day of early voting on Tuesday for New Mexico’s June 2 primary election included some problems in a handful of counties with the state’s same-day voter registration system.

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Secretary of State Director of Communications, Legislative and Executive Affairs Lindsey Bachman confirmed to Source NM that at around 11:30 a.m., the state’s “website firewalls incorrectly determined that traffic between some county computers and the …

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