Eastern Sandoval Citizens Association (ESCA)
Signpost article, May 2021 Edition
Eastern Sandoval Citizens Association (ESCA) Report
By Jean Roberts, ESCA Board of Directors
Did you know we have an election coming up? If you live in Congressional District 1, you will have the opportunity to select your representative to the US House of Representatives in a special election on June 1. In Sandoval County, the district includes Placitas, Bernalillo, and Sandia Pueblo.
The winning candidate will take the seat vacated by Deb Haaland, when she was selected as our nation’s Interior Secretary. The six candidates for the position are Democrat Melanie Stansbury, Republican Mark Moores, Libertarian Christopher Manning, and three candidates who are Independents or declined to select a party, Aubrey Dunn, Laura Olivas, and Robert Ornelas.
ESCA urges you to visit the New Mexico Secretary of State website, www.sos.state.nm.us, where you will find an array of election resources. Click on Voting and Elections to bring up instructions for registering to vote, requesting an absentee ballot, finding a voting location near you, and viewing deadlines for each item.
Residents who want to vote in the June 1 election and haven’t yet registered to vote can do so online or by mail by the May 4 deadline. If you miss the deadline, see the instructions on the website for same day registration.
Absentee ballots will be mailed out beginning May 4 for voters who have requested them. You can request an absentee ballot now through May 18.
May 4 is also the first day that you can vote in person at the Sandoval County Clerk’s Office on Idalia Road in Rio Rancho. Additional early voting locations will be open May 15 through May 29, and include the Presbyterian Church in Placitas and the Sandia Pueblo Community Center. More sites will open on the June 1 election day, including the Placitas Community Library, Bernalillo Middle School, Bernalillo High School. The Secretary of State website features a tool to locate a voting location near you.
ESCA urges you to vote in this very important election.