[Lwvcnmtopics] LWVCNM Hot Topics for the week of October 5, 2025

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*Hot Topics for the week of October 5, 2025*

*Current events and issues of interest to LWVCNM members*

*This list is available **online* <https://www.lwvcnm.org/hot-topics/>*. *

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*COMING UP:*

* The last day to register or change your address ONLINE *for the Municipal
Elections online is October 6th. You can do that here
<https://portal1.sos.nm.gov/OVR/(S(um4cuisbryzm0j14epfl2ffu))/WebPages/InstructionsStep1.aspx>
.


*The Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District (MRGCD) *election day is
October 7. Find out more information about this election here
<https://www.lwvcnm.org/mrgcd-2025-election/>.


*October 7 – Early voting starts *at County Clerk offices (except for
October 13, Indigenous People’s Day).


*LWVCNM-moderated candidate forums this week:*

*   October 8 – *City of Albuquerque mayoral forum at New Hope Baptist
Church

*   October 9 – *Village of Los Ranchos trustee forum at Warren J. Gray Hall

    (See more information about these forums here
<https://www.lwvcnm.org/bernalillo-regular-local-election-2025/>.)




*Monthly meeting this Thursday, October 9, hybrid at noon – *Engaging the
Youth Vote: Increasing Youth Voter Engagement in Local and Municipal
Elections

(See more information about the monthly meeting in the Voter article here
<https://www.lwvcnm.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/LWVCNM-Voter-October-2025-.pdf>
.)



*Voter education event* at the Bernalillo County Naturalization ceremony on
October 10

 See the calendar of events <https://www.lwvcnm.org/events/> on our website.

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*DID YOU KNOW?*



*VOTE411.org <https://www.vote411.org/> *is now live*. *

*Be on the lookout *for the Voter Guide PDF documents for our four
counties, available on our website sometime this week.

*Registered voters can now apply* to receive an absentee ballot here
<https://portal1.sos.nm.gov/OVR/(S(gern5pjk5px4ifi45hr0tdiv))/WebPages/AbsenteeApplication.aspx>
.

*The last day to register or change your address ONLINE for the Municipal
Elections online is October 6th. You can do that **here*
<https://portal1.sos.nm.gov/OVR/(S(um4cuisbryzm0j14epfl2ffu))/WebPages/InstructionsStep1.aspx>*.
After that date, you can do this in person (called “Same Day Voter
Registration”) at a polling place during early voting and on election day. *

*There is a YouTube video <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bP-BIUlEvzM> of *an
APS candidate forum.


League of Women Voters of Central New Mexico
6739 Academy Rd. NE  Suite 124
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87109-3352
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