Election information for the Bloomfield/East San Juan County area
Ok, so here's what you need to know. First, make sure you are registered. Unfortunatly, it's past the deadline to register, but you can make sure you are registered and find out where your polling place is by going to:
Voterview.com
The site is really picky. The only way I got it to find me is by putting in only my last name and county. But, once you find yourself, you can find out where your polling place is, and what districts you are in. There are many ads running on TV here in northern New Mexico that have nothing to do with anyone here, they are running in districts for Albuquerque and further south. So once you know your disticts, then you can know who you need to look at as candidates.
Fortunately, I've done the homework for you. You can find the basic information at:
http://www.sjcclerk.net/08General.aspx
There is also some information to be found in this newspaper article from Farmington:
http://www.daily-times.com/news/ci_10701191
So, here's whose running for what and where you can find more information about them. These are the ones that directly apply to our area:
U.S. Senate (To fill seat vacated by Pete Dominici, who is retiring at the end of his term due to health reasons.)
R: Steve Pearce http://www.peopleforpearce.com/
D: Tom Udall http://www.tomudall.com/
U.S. House of Representatives (New Mexico District 3) - To fill seat vacated by Tom Udall who is running for Senate.
R: Daniel East http://www.daneast4congress.com/
D: Ben Lujan http://www.benrlujan.com/
New Mexico Senate (District 2)
R: Steven P. Neville (Incumbant) http://legis.state.nm.us/lcs/legdetails.asp?Name=307 (Legislative site - no election site found)
Running uncontested.
New Mexico House of Representatives (District 2)
R: James R. J. Strickler (Incumbant) http://www.sjcgop.org/strickler (Republican party website)
D: Alice Marie Slaven-Emond http://www.slaven-emond.com/
Magistrate Judge, District 6 (Bloomfield is split between Districts 4 and 6, only District 6 is up this time around)
D: Dan Cleavinger (Incumbant) (No election information found, but check newspaper articles for some information on his rulings.)
R: Barry D. Sharer (No information found AT ALL - see link to clerks office to obtain contact information.)
County Commissioner District 3 (Bloomfield is split between Districts 2 and 3, only District 3 is up this time around - to replace Keith Johnson.)
D: Robert E. Oxford - only information is From Aztec NM newspaper in 2004 when he ran for city council.
R: Scott A. Eckstein - no information available.
Also, here is a list of Constitutional Amendments (New Mexico) and Bond Issues that are up this election cycle. Please visit the County Clerks site above to get all the details. Make sure what you're voting on.
CA 1 (2007) Increase the size of certain school boards to nine members and conduct elections by mail-in ballot. (This applies only to districts with more than 200,000 residents - the only district in the state, by far, that this applies to, is Albuquerque.)
CA 2 (2007) Allow midterm salary increases for county officers.
CA 3 (2008) Require confirmation of heads of cabinet-level departments ora gencies who are subject to senate confirmation at the beginning of each term of a governor.
CA 4 (2008) Allow school elections to be held with other non-partisan elections.
CA 5 (2008) Require the governor to fill a vacancy in the lieutenant governor'soffice by appointment, with consent of the senate.
Bond Question A
(A) "The 2008 Capital Projects General Obligation Bond Act authorizes the issuance and sale of senior citizen facility improvement, construction and equipment acquisition bonds. Shall the state be authorized to issue general obligation bonds in an amount not to exceed fourteen million seven hundred twenty‐five thousand dollars ($14,725,000) to make capital expenditures for certain senior citizen facility improvements, construction and equipment acquisition projects and provide for a general property tax imposition and levy for the payment of principal of, interest on and expenses incurred in connection with the issuance of the bonds and the collection of the tax as permitted by law?
Bond Question B
(B) "The 2008 Capital Projects General Obligation Bond Act authorizes the issuance and sale of library acquisition bonds. Shall the state be authorized to issue general obligation bonds in an amount not to exceed eleven million nineteen thousand dollars ($11,019,000) to make capital expenditures for academic, public and tribal library acquisitions and provide for a general property tax imposition and levy for the payment of principal of, interest on and expenses incurred in connection with the issuance of the bonds and the collection of the tax as permitted by law?
Bond Question C
(C) "The 2008 Capital Projects General Obligation Bond Act authorizes the issuance and sale of health facility improvement bonds. Shall the state be authorized to issue general obligation bonds in an amount not to exceed fifty‐seven million nine hundred twenty‐five thousand dollars ($57,925,000) to make capital expenditures for cancer research and treatment facilities, other statewide and regional health facilities, educational facilities for statewide dental services and public health and behavioral health facilities and provide for a general property tax imposition and levy for the payment of principal of, interest on and expenses incurred in connection with the issuance of the bonds and the collection of the tax as permitted by law?
Bond Question D
(D) "The 2008 Capital Projects General Obligation Bond Act authorizes the issuance and sale of higher educational and special schools capital improvement and acquisition bonds. Shall the state be authorized to issue general obligation bonds in an amount not to exceed one hundred forty million one hundred thirty‐three thousand dollars ($140,133,000) to make capital expenditures for certain higher educational and special schools capital improvements and acquisitions and provide for a general property tax imposition and levy for the payment of principal of, interest on and expenses incurred in connection with the issuance of the bonds and the collection of the tax as permitted by law?
Full details of amendments and bond questions can be found at the link to the county clerks office above.
A sample ballot can be found Here. There are some judges that are up for re-instatement that I did not list here, you can view the ballot to find out who they are.
Please, please, PLEASE take the time to review all the candidates and issues before you go to vote. Democracy depends on an educated electorate. Get educated, then vote.
