Most Frequently Asked Questions

There are several ways to request an absentee ballot. You can submit an application electronically through the Secretary of State's website here. If you prefer to apply by mail, you can download and print the application here and return the completed form to our office. You may also call the Santa Fe County Clerk's Office at (505) 986-6280 to request that an application be mailed to you. In addition, candidate organizations and political parties often distribute absentee ballot applications during voter outreach events.

Yes, beginning 28 days before any county-wide or federal election, you can vote early in person at the County Clerk's Office. Additionally, Early Voting will expand to several other sites beginning the third Saturday of October.

Yes, beginning the third Saturday before the election there are early voting sites available throughout the county. In general, early sites are located at the Santa Fe County Fairgrounds, Pojoaque Satellite Office, Abedon Lopez Community Center, Christian Life Church, Nancy Rodriguez Community Center, Southside Library, Max Coll Corridor Community Center in Eldorado, and Edgewood Fire Station #70. The exact locations and hours will be posted at santafe.vote and advertised.

Election Day is 11/4/2025. Early Voting begins at the Clerk's Office on Tuesday, October 7th and will expand to several other sites beginning Saturday, October 18th.

Yes. A voter who has applied for a mailed ballot or who has been sent a mailed ballot may execute an affidavit stating that the person did not and will not vote the mailed ballot that was issued. Upon receipt of the sworn affidavit, if the ballot register does not show that a ballot from the voter has been cast in that election, the county clerk shall void the mailed ballot that was previously issued to the voter.

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