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Elections workers are busy at the city’s Plaza del Sol office building.
The proposal to change the City Charter’s runoff requirements is ahead by nearly 6,000 votes so far.
City Clerk Amy Bailey has posted the unofficial returns for the first six City Council districts. The measure has 18,074 votes in favor and 12, 295 against.
In other words, it’s been favored by 60 percent of the voters whose ballots have been counted so far.
It’s ahead in every council district, even the Republican-heavy District 4.
The three districts yet to be counted (7, 8 and 9) are all fairly Republican districts, or at least they’re represented by GOP-registered councilors. (Michael Cook, Trudy Jones and Don Harris.)
You’ll be forgiven if you missed it, but today is Election Day in Albuquerque.
The special election will determine whether to revise the City Charter’s requirements on runoff elections.
It concludes today at 7 p.m. There’s still time, then, if you haven’t voted and want to run down to Plaza del Sol at Second and Lomas to cast your ballot.
“It’s been a steady stream all day long,” City Clerk Amy Bailey said of the last-minute voters.
Election results should start trickling in after 7 p.m. The clerk will be releasing the results in batches by council district.
The small-number districts tend to lean Democratic and have lighter turnout. So don’t be surprised if the early results are more favorable to the proposal than the final totals are.
Districts 8 and 9, in particular, are based in the Northeast Heights and are more heavily Republican than most of the other districts. They’ll be the last ones to be counted and entered into the totals tonight.
I’ll be providing updates throughout the evening. In the meantime, here are some links to tide you over:
-- Email the reporter at dmckay@abqjournal.com. Call the reporter at 505-823-3566
