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Secretary of State Announces New Absentee Ballot Tracking System
Then-New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas, left, listens as Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver discusses election poll monitoring during a 2022 news conference.
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With the absentee ballot request deadline for the primary election is approaching, Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver announced Tuesday the launch of a new absentee ballot tracking system that gives detailed information to voters about the delivery and return status of their absentee ballot.
“With our new ballot tracking system, we’ve improved upon our existing system by now offering more information to voters about where exactly their absentee ballot is in the mailing process and giving voters the ability to sign up for email or text notifications so they always know the status of their mailed ballot,” Toulouse Oliver said.
Any qualified New Mexico voter can vote using an absentee ballot. The deadline to request an absentee ballot for the June 4 primary election is May 21.
The new system — known as Ballot Scout — is easy to use:
• From nmvote.org, the voter will request their absentee ballot after confirming their identity by entering their New Mexico driver’s license or state ID number, the last four digits of their Social Security number, and their date of birth.
• The voter will then verify their registration information, select their ballot delivery method and confirm the submission of their absentee ballot application request.
• The voter can then visit sos.nm.gov/trackmyballot and enter their contact information exactly how it appears on their voter registration.
• The voter will then be able to track the status of their ballot and sign up to receive email/text notifications.
If voters experience any trouble in signing up for the ballot tracking system, they should contact their county clerk.
Absentee ballots must be returned no later than 7 p.m. June 4 and can be mailed back to the county clerk’s office or dropped off at any polling location or secure ballot dropbox in your county.
If mailing the absentee ballot back to your county clerk, officials suggest mailing it 7-10 days prior to Election Day to ensure it is received before the deadline.
