The Chronicles Of Grant County
Early Voting In Grant County
2026
All American citizens eligible to vote are encouraged to vote in the General Election being held this year. Election Day is Tuesday, November 3, 2026.
One option available to voters is to vote early.
In Grant County, two locations are available to vote early:
1. Grant County Clerk's Office, 1400 Highway 180 East, Silver City, NM, 88061.
The office is open for Early Voting from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM on the following dates:
Monday, October 19 to Friday, October 23
Monday, October 26 to Friday, October 30
Saturday, October 31
2. Bayard Community Center, 209 Hurley Avenue, Bayard, NM, 88203.
The center is open for Early Voting from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM on the following dates:
Tuesday, October 20 to Friday, October 23
Saturday, October 24
Tuesday, October 27 to Friday, October 30
Saturday, October 31
Please note that for registered voters to vote, according to information from the Grant County Clerk's Office, "A physical form of identification is only required for first-time New Mexico voters who registered by mail and did not include identification with their voter registration application form. Otherwise, you will be asked to provide verbal identification which includes your name, year of birth and registered address."
If you are not yet registered to vote and you meet the requirements to be a voter in Grant County, you can register to vote at the sites of early voting. In addition, registered voters can update their voter registration at the sites of early voting.
According to information from the Grant County Clerk's Office, you need to bring the following items to an Early Voting site to be able to complete Same Day Voter Registration:
"A physical form of identification that is issued by the federal government, a state government, a federally recognized Indian nation, tribe or pueblo or an educational institution and that:
1. Contains the name of the qualified elector, which shall reasonably match the name provided on the certificate of registration;
2. Contains a photograph of the qualified elector, which shall resemble the qualified elector;
3. Need not contain an expiration date, and if it does, the expiration date is not required to be a date on or after the date of the election; and
4. Shall either:
a. contain an address that matches the address provided for the certificate of registration;
or
b. be accompanied by an original or copy of a utility bill, bank statement, government check, paycheck or other document issued by an educational institution or government including a document issued by a federally recognized Indian nation, tribe or pueblo, dated within the ninety days prior to the qualified elector registering to vote or updating an existing certificate of registration and that contains the name of the qualified elector, which shall reasonably match the name provided on the certificate of registration, and an address that matches the address provided for the certificate of registration."
If you have questions, please contact the Grant County Clerk's Office at 1400 Highway 180 East, Silver City, NM, 88061. The office is open from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Monday to Friday.
The telephone number for the Grant County Clerk's Office is 575-574-0042.
Further details on voting in Grant County can be obtained at https://grantcountynm.gov/218/Elections .
Further details on voting in the State of New Mexico can also be obtained at https://www.sos.nm.gov/voting-and-elections/voter-registration-information/.
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