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Rio Rancho officials report increased early voting, advise voters on absentee procedures

Rio Rancho Governing Body (work session) · February 17, 2026
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Summary

Clerk's office staff reported early-voting totals and expanded polling sites for the 2026 municipal officer election, and flagged confusion about absentee ballots caused by the state's permanent-absentee list applying only to statewide contests.

Miss Davis, speaking to the mayor and governing body, gave the governing body an update on the municipal officer election's early-voting activity and voter services.

"Early voting actually started on February 3," Miss Davis said, and she reported that in an initial period the Clerk's Annex (Broadmoor Senior Center) recorded 692 early voters in the first 10 days; she told the council the total early-voter count was 1,645 "as of today."…

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