Early and absentee voting begins across New Mexico


              Democratic U.S. Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández greets friends as she waits in line to a cast ballot on the first day of general-election voting Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022, outside the Santa Fe County clerk's office in Santa Fe, N.M. Election officials also began fulfilling requests for absentee ballots in advance of the Nov. 8, 2022, election. Three first-term congresswoman are defending their seats, with a long list of statewide offices on the ballot including governor, secretary of state and attorney general. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)
            
              Santa Fe County residents including Democratic Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández, center, wait on line to cast ballots on the first day of general-election voting Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022, outside the Santa Fe County clerk's office in Santa Fe, N.M. Election officials also began fulfilling requests for absentee ballots in advance of the Nov. 8, 2022, election. Three first-term congresswoman are defending their seats, with a long list of statewide offices on the ballot including governor, secretary of state and attorney general. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)
            Santa Fe County residents fill out general election ballots during the first day of general election voting on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022, in a hallway outside the Santa Fe County clerk's office in Santa Fe, N.M. Election officials also began fulfilling requests for absentee ballots in advance of the Nov. 8 election. Three first-term congresswoman are defending their seats, with a long list of statewide offices on the ballot including governor, secretary of state and attorney general. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)