State Canvass Board certifies 2024 primary results, orders recounts

New Mexico’s State Canvass Board met Tuesday in Santa Fe and unanimously certified the results of the 2024 primary election.

The State Canvass Board is composed of the executive, secretary of state, and chief justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court.

“The State Canvass Board meeting is the last step in the post-election canvass process that ensures accuracy in the election results,” said Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver. “New Mexicans can have confidence in these official election results because of the rigorous review process that takes place at the county and state level. ... Although New Mexico already holds the top spot in the nation for election administration, we recently implemented electronic nominating petition signatures for candidates, upgraded our absentee ballot tracking system, and launched a secure remote balloting portal for military and overseas voters. I encourage all voters to utilize these and our other resources as they prepare for the upcoming general election in November.”

The primary election was held June 4, and early voting for the general election begins on Oct. 8 with Nov. 5 being Election Day.

The official, certified results for the 2024 primary election are available to be viewed on the Secretary of State’s website.

During Tuesday’s meeting, the board signed the certificate of canvass that makes the results of the 2024 Primary Election official and also ordered automatic recounts in these contests:

• State representative District 43 (Libertarian)

• Valencia County treasurer (Republican)

• Guadalupe County commissioner District 3 (Democrat)

• San Juan County commissioner District 3 (Republican)

House District 43 covers a large part of northern Sandoval County.

Chris Luchini got 18 votes to Phillip Mach’s 13 votes for the District 43 House Libertarian nomination. After the recount, the winner will face Democrat Christine Chandler in November.

On June 14, the Sandoval County Commission voted unanimously to certify the results of the 2024 primary elections in Sandoval County4.

Sandoval County Chief Deputy Clerk Joey Dominguez presented a canvass report to the commission showing that of the 81,499 eligible voters in Sandoval County, 17,206 voted for a voter turnout of 21.11%.