Shiprock, New Mexico Public Records

New Mexico residents can register to vote online through the New Mexico Secretary of State's website at portal.sos.state.nm.us/OVR, or by submitting a paper voter registration form to the San Juan County Clerk's office. The registration deadline is 28 days before any election. Acceptable identification includes a New Mexico driver's license number or the last four digits of a Social Security number. Because the community is unincorporated without municipal government, there are no city council or mayoral elections. Instead, residents vote in county, state, and federal elections. Local voters elect San Juan County Commission representatives, with the three-member commission serving staggered four-year terms. Commission District 5 represents the Shiprock area. County commission elections are nonpartisan and held during the November general election in even-numbered years. To find their assigned polling place, residents can use the New Mexico Voter Portal at nmvote.org by entering their name and date of birth, or by calling the San Juan County Clerk at 505-334-9471. Polling locations have included the Shiprock Chapter House at Highway 64 and other community facilities. New Mexico offers early voting beginning 28 days before an election at the San Juan County Clerk's office and designated early voting sites. The County Clerk's website lists all early voting locations and hours. Absentee voting by mail is available to any registered voter who requests a ballot. Applications must be submitted to the San Juan County Clerk by the Thursday before Election Day, and completed ballots must be received by 7:00 PM on Election Day. In the November 2024 presidential election, San Juan County reported approximately 48% voter turnout, with about 34,000 ballots cast out of roughly 71,000 registered voters. Turnout in the Shiprock area was consistent with county averages. For the November 3, 2026 general election, voters will decide several significant races. New Mexico does not have a U.S. Senate seat up in 2026 (Senator Ben Ray Luján's term expires in 2028, and Senator Martin Heinrich's in 2026 was just decided in 2024); however, voters will elect all three U.S. House Representatives, with Shiprock in District 3. The Governor's race is not on the 2026 ballot (Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham's term runs through 2026, with the next gubernatorial election in 2026 was 2022, next in 2026, correction: New Mexico gubernatorial elections occur in 2026, so Governor will be on the ballot). All 70 New Mexico House of Representatives seats and 42 State Senate seats (half the Senate) will be on the ballot. County offices including County Commission seats, County Clerk, and County Assessor may appear depending on term expirations. Under the New Mexico Inspection of Public Records Act (IPRA), numerous election records are publicly accessible. Voter registration lists are available for purchase from the San Juan County Clerk for $50.00 on CD or $0.01 per name for lists. Campaign finance reports are searchable at cfis.state.nm.us through the Secretary of State's Campaign Finance Information System. Candidate declarations and nominating petitions are also public, along with precinct-level election results published on the San Juan County Clerk's website after certification. New Mexico requires all candidates for state and local office to file periodic campaign finance disclosure reports showing contributions and expenditures, which are searchable online by candidate name or election cycle.