Albuquerque, New Mexico Public Records

Residents can register to vote online at the New Mexico Secretary of State portal at portal.sos.state.nm.us/OVR, by mail, or in person at the Bernalillo County Clerk's office. The state offers same-day voter registration during early voting and on Election Day at polling locations. Regular registration closes 28 days before an election. Voters must provide a New Mexico driver's license or ID number, or the last four digits of their Social Security number. At the polls, the state accepts driver's licenses, tribal IDs, student IDs, utility bills, bank statements, or government documents showing name and address. Municipal elections for the city occur in odd-numbered years, separate from federal and state contests. These municipal races are nonpartisan. Voters can research candidates, review campaign finance reports, and study local ballot measures at the City Clerk's website at www.cabq.gov/clerk or through the Bernalillo County Clerk's election portal. To locate an assigned polling place, residents can use the New Mexico Voter Portal at portal.sos.state.nm.us/OVR/Default.aspx or call the Bernalillo County Clerk at (505) 468-7475. The portal allows verification of registration status, sample ballot viewing, and early voting site locations. Voter registration lists are public records available for purchase for political purposes in New Mexico, though individual voter history and address information carry some restrictions. Campaign finance reports for state and local candidates are searchable through the New Mexico Secretary of State's Campaign Finance Information System at www.cfis.state.nm.us. Candidate declarations of candidacy and nominating petitions are filed with the Bernalillo County Clerk for local offices and the Secretary of State for state and federal offices. Precinct-level election results are published by the Bernalillo County Clerk after each election and archived on the Bernalillo County website. The county has been a Democratic-leaning jurisdiction in recent statewide elections. House of Representatives seats (the city is primarily in District 1), all 42 State House seats (two-year terms), and roughly half of the 42 State Senate seats (four-year staggered terms). County voters will also elect county commissioners for certain districts, as commissioner terms are staggered. New Mexico does not have a U.S. Senate race in 2026, as both senators were elected in other cycles. Depending on district boundaries, local voters will elect New Mexico House members from Districts 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, and 27, among others that cover the metro area. New Mexico offers convenient absentee voting options. Any registered voter may request an absentee ballot without providing an excuse. Applications can be submitted online through the voter portal, by mail, or in person at the Bernalillo County Clerk's office. The deadline to request an absentee ballot by mail is typically the Thursday before Election Day; in-person absentee ballot requests are accepted through the Saturday before the election during early voting hours. Completed absentee ballots must be received by the Bernalillo County Clerk by 7:00 p.m. On Election Day, either by mail (postmark does not matter, only receipt date), in person at the Clerk's office, or at designated drop boxes throughout the city. The state also offers early in-person voting beginning 28 days before Election Day at multiple locations throughout Bernalillo County, including the Bernalillo County Clerk's office and satellite early voting sites announced before each election. The Bernalillo County Clerk publishes early voting locations, dates, and hours on their website approximately six weeks before each election.