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Monday, January 28, 2008
Last Day to Mail Absentee Ballots for 2008 NM Prez Caucus
If you requested and received an absentee (mail-in) ballot for the February 5, 2008 NM Presidential Preference Caucus, today is the deadline for mailing your completed ballot to the Democratic Party of New Mexico (DPNM). Completed absentee ballots must be returned by mail and postmarked by midnight tonight, January 28th, 2008 in order to be counted.
If you don't mail in your absentee ballot for some reason, you can still vote in person at a Caucus site on February 5th according to this FAQ posted on the DPNM website:
If I request a ballot and don't return it, can I still vote at the Caucus site?
Yes. Only voters who request a vote-by-mail ballot and return it to the Democratic Party of New Mexico will be ineligible to vote again at a Caucus site. A voter's vote-by-mail ballot is not cast until it is received by the Democratic Party of New Mexico. If a voter requests a vote-by-mail ballot, but does not return it, she/he will still be able to cast a ballot in person on Caucus Day. However, vote-by-mail ballots post-marked by January 28th but received after Caucus Day will be checked against the records of people who voted on Caucus Day to ensure that only one vote is counted per voter.
If you have questions, contact the DPNM at 505-830-3650; 1-800-624-2457 (toll-free); 505-830-3645 (fax) or email info@nmdemocrats.org.
January 28, 2008 at 09:24 AM in 2008 Presidential Primary, Democratic Party | Permalink
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Here's another thing they told us at the pollworker training for this election:
If you still have an absentee ballot that you marked for a candidate (say, Kucinich who has since dropped out), you can re-mark it for someone else and still have it count. It doesn't have to be machine readable, as long as the voter's intention is clear. This is only if you haven't sent it yet. That means you don't have to go to the polls to change your vote in this case.
Posted by: Michelle Meaders | Jan 28, 2008 9:41:03 AM
I forgot to say that you still have to have the absentee ballot postmarked by today for this to work. Otherwise, see the original post.
Thanks for giving us so much helpful info about this election. If people don't know that this election is being run by the Democratic Party, they won't think to look at their websites for info.
I don't know why the local newspapers and TV news haven't been telling us more. The list of polling places was supposed to be in the Legal Section of the Albuquerque Journal Classifieds yesterday (and the following Sunday), but I didn't see it there.
Posted by: Michelle Meaders | Jan 28, 2008 9:51:34 AM
The party has changed the deadline to mail to 2/1 I hear. Since many out-of-staters have not received their ballots yet.
Posted by: TB | Jan 28, 2008 10:17:17 AM
In that case they should get official word out ASAP as the process is confusing enough to people.
Posted by: Old Dem | Jan 28, 2008 11:04:51 AM
