Where To Vote for School Election

Patricia Galindo, casts her ballot for the Albuquerque Public Schools Bonds elections at Bandelier Elementary School on Tuesday February 5 ,2013 .(Adolphe Pierre-Louis/Journal)

Today (Tuesday, Feb. 5) is election day for Albuquerque Public Schools. Four school board seats are up for grabs, three of which are contested. Voters will also be asked to vote on two funding.

You can vote at any of these locations (pdf).

So, if you’d like to brush up on this election, here are some links.

An overview:

Schools Election Today: APS, CNM, RR

http://www.abqjournal.com/main/2013/01/23/news/west-side-seat-to-add-to-aps-board.html

Hailey Heinz’s coverage of two recent candidate forums:

http://www.abqjournal.com/main/2013/02/02/news/aps-board-candidates-make-cases.html

http://www.abqjournal.com/main/2013/01/11/news/candidates-debate-achievement-gap.html

A map to see which board district you live in:

http://www.aps.edu/about-us/board/redistricting-school-board-districts/documents/2012_2021_Board_Districts_map_letter.pdf

The official APS election page, which includes more detailed district maps and descriptions:

http://www.aps.edu/about-us/board/about-the-board/2013-school-board-member-election/2013-school-board-member-election/#maps-of-school-board-districts

The Journal’s candidate questionnaire, District 3 (North Valley area)

http://www.abqjournal.com/main/2013/01/24/news/candidate-q-a-aps-district-3.html

District 5 (new West Side district; uncontested):

http://www.abqjournal.com/main/2013/01/26/news/candidate-q-a-3.html

District 6 (East Mountains and near Heights):

http://www.abqjournal.com/main/2013/01/23/news/headline-222.html

District 7 (the far Northeast Heights; the La Cueva area):

http://www.abqjournal.com/main/2013/01/25/news/candidate-q-a.html

And for good measure, Heinz’s post about voting rights for idiots:

http://www.abqjournal.com/main/2013/01/18/blogs/nm-schools/no-voting-rights-for-idiots-no-really.html