Early voting for runoff election is underway

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Kevin Hendricks
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Early voting for the city of Rio Rancho's runoff election began Wednesday.

The runoff election is necessary for District 1 and 6 city councilors because no candidate in the March 5 election received a majority of the votes cast, as required by the city’s charter.

Early voting for registered Rio Rancho residents in District 1 and 6 is available through April 6. Election Day voting is April 9.

The city of Rio Rancho municipal election ended on March 5 with incumbent Paul Wymer retaining his seat in District 4. Wymer will be sworn in Thursday at 5:30 p.m. in a ceremony at City Hall ahead of the City Council meeting.

The other two districts on the ballot required runoffs.

District 1 candidates

  • Jim Owen 398 votes (43%) in March 5 election
  • Deborah Dapson 412 (44%)

District 6 candidates

  • Edward Paulsgrove 379 (28%)
  • Nicole List 579 (43%)

Early voting locations

  • Broadmoor Senior Center (Clerk’s Annex), 3241 Broadmoor Blvd.
    • 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday beginning Wednesday, March 27, and 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, March 30 and April 6.
  • Plaza @ Unser Marketplace, 701 Unser Blvd Unit A12
    • 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday beginning Wednesday, March 27.
  • Rio West Business Center, 103 Rio Rancho Blvd. Suite B1
    • 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday beginning Wednesday, March 27.

All early voting locations will offer same-day voter registration.

For more information about the runoff election, click here.

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