Torrance County clerk reports absentee ballot processing issues after building evacuation
County Clerk Linda Jaramillo said 871 absentee ballots were issued for the general election and 358 returned; a batch of roughly 140 envelopes arrived without return addresses and about 88 were recovered through the post office. Smoke from a nearby structure fire forced temporary relocation of some voters to the Moriarty Civic Center.
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County Clerk Linda Jaramillo updated the board on the 2024 General Election at the Oct. 23 meeting. She said 871 absentee ballots were issued and 358 have been returned to date. While processing, her office identified a batch of roughly 140 ballot envelopes lacking return addresses; postal staff helped recover about 88 of those envelopes and two more weeks of mail remained to be processed.
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