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Seal of the Town of Silver City

Town of Silver City
Silver Schools

Grant County

Cobre Consolidated School District
Santa Clara
Bayard
Hurley

Gila Valley Library
Cliff School


Voting

2024 Primary Election: Tuesday, June 4, 2024

Deadline to register to vote: Tuesday, May 7. Same-day registration is available at polling sites for early voting and election day.

Candidate filing day: Tuesday, March 12

Write-in candidate filing day: Tuesday, March 19

Early voting begins at Grant County Clerk’s office: Tuesday, May 7

Early voting beings at Bayard Community Center: Saturday, May 18

Important dates and locations listed on the Clerk’s website: https://grantcountynm.gov/218/Elections

Grant County Clerk’s Office
1400 Highway 180 East
Silver City, NM 88061
575-574-0042

New Mexico voter information portal: register to vote or update your registration, search for your registration information, view sample ballots, check deadlines, and more at nmvote.org

More registration and voting tools

This article from the County Clerk’s office published by the Grant County Beat explains how absentee ballots are issued, tracked, and verified. This article describes how the ballots are counted.

New Mexico Secretary of State: www.sos.state.nm.us/

Vote411.org nation-wide tool for voter preparation: vote411.org

View a map of the five county commissioner districts on the County Commission page here: https://grantcountynm.gov/elected-officials/board-of-county-commissioners/

View or download a map of the town council districts here.

To learn what school board position you are eligible to vote for, look up your voter registration at nmvote.org . This is also the easiest way to see what position of the Grant County Soil and Water Conservation District you are eligible to vote for. You can view your sample ballot at the same place.

About Candidates

Campaign Finance and Lobbying

To learn about campaign financing, identify donors, and learn about lobbying:

Policies and regulations

Follow the Grant County Prospectors, whose annual legislative forums highlight regional needs for the state senators and representatives: https://grantcountyprospectors.org/

Congressional Research Service Reports (members of Congress use these to help make legislative decisions): https://crsreports.congress.gov Other sources for these reports include http://digital.library.unt.edu/explore/collections/CRSR and http://guides.lib.uw.edu/law/crs/online

Learn about federal executive branch regulations and comment on proposed regulations: http://www.regulations.gov


Taxes

Printed copies of the 2024 Federal and New Mexico tax forms are available inside the library.


The 2024 AARP free tax assistance program is running from February 5 through April 10, 2024. AARP Tax-Aide volunteers will prepare and file federal and state tax returns. There are no age or income restrictions, and you do not need to be a member of AARP.

Silver City appointments will be available on Tuesdays and Wednesdays; call 575-342-8990. The appointments will be at Watt’s Hall, corner of Swan St. and Highway 180.

Bayard appointments will be available on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays; call 575-342-1892. The appointments will be at the Bayard Public Library.

You can stop by the library information desk to pick up a form to prepare for your appointment and a list of items to bring to your appointment.


Information about the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program (VITA) at Western New Mexico University is at sb.wnmu.edu/tax. VITA services will be offered from February 13, 2024, through April 15, 2024. Stop by Light Hall room 124 Monday through Friday, 8:00am – 12:00pm, first-come, first-served. The service center will be closed for spring break March 9-17.

You can download tax forms here: https://www.irs.gov/forms-instructions

New Mexico tax forms can be found here: https://www.tax.newmexico.gov/forms-publications/

Consider filing your federal taxes online at https://www.irs.gov/filing . For income below $72,000, you can use their Free File offer, available here: https://www.irs.gov/filing/free-file-do-your-federal-taxes-for-free . Go to https://tap.state.nm.us/tap/_/ for New Mexico online tax filing. The United Way offers free tax filing with expert assistance at myfreetaxes.com.

The Taxpayer Advocate Service is an independent organization within the IRS that helps with tax problems: https://taxpayeradvocate.irs.gov/

The Wheels for Wishes nonprofit organization has created a calculator to estimate the size of tax deductions you may be able to claim for charitable donations: https://www.wheelsforwishes.org/tax-savings-donation-calculator/