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Open this story for endorsement information on U.S. Congressional District 1 in the 2012 Democratic Primary.

Early Voting

Beginning September 14, voters can cast ballots at any of the nine early voting locations. Early voting locations are open 8am-5pm, Monday-Friday.

Albuquerque/Bernalillo County Government Building
One Civic Plaza

City of Albuquerque Records Center
604 Menaul Blvd NW

North Domingo Baca Multigenerational Center
7521 Carmel Ave NE

Manzano Mesa Multigenerational Center
501 Elizabeth St SE

Juan Tabo Plaza
11004 Montgomery N

Don Newton/Taylor Ranch Community Center
4900 Kachina

Alamosa Community Center
6900 Gonzales Rd SW

West Mesa Community Center
5500 Glenrio NW

Cesar Chavez Community Center
7505 Kathryn NE

Election Day Voting

The City Clerk is utilizing Consolidated Voting Centers on Election Day. This means that voters may cast ballots in any of the 49 Consolidated Voting Centers open on Election Day, October 4. (Voters are not required to vote in polling places assigned to their precinct).

For a complete list of polling sites, visit: http://www.cabq.gov/clerk/consolidated-polling-centers

To learn about the Sierra Club's endorsement for the U.S. Senate seat in New Mexico for 2012, open this story.

Multiple attacks on clean air, water, climate at New Mexico Legislature session are all unsuccessful

By Dan Lorimier, RG Chapter lobbyist
During the last two years of Gov. Bill Richardson’s administration in New Mexico, key environmental and public health rules were adopted to protect New Mexico’s citizens and natural resources. Two examples are the carbon cap-and-trade regulations set to start in 2012 and the new dairy waste-discharge regulations that are ready to go into effect now.

Sierra Club members weighed-in to support clean air and clean water during the 2011 New Mexico Legislature. Club members sent 1000's of e-mails to their NM Senators and Representatives to urge them to vote for or against legislation that would have a direct impact on clean air and water. During this year's session, club members communicated about 12 bills. Of these 12 bills, 11 of those bills had outcomes supported by our members.

Sierra Club volunteers spent thousands of hours in candidate support activities such as door-to-door canvassing and phone banking. Also, the Sierra Club sent four e-mails to 24,000 recipients to get out the vote and to promote our endorsements.

Rio Grande Chapter of the Sierra Club endorsements for 2010 election are shown below, with winners highlighted in bold letters.

August 5 - U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman today announced that a bill he introduced with Senator Tom Udall to transfer management of the Valles Caldera National Preserve to the National Park Service has cleared its first hurdle. The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee passed it.

The Chapter has been strongly supporting the effort by Caldera Action to transfer management of the Valles Caldera from the Valles Caldera Trust to the National Park Service, which has the experience and resources to better manage the Preserve. We are delighted to announce that on May 27, Senators Jeff Bingaman and Tom Udall introduced legislation to transfer the management of the Valles Caldera National Preserve to the National Park Service.