Most of the leadership of Grant County’s local governments will look familiar following Tuesday’s consolidated local election, where voters also strongly endorsed school mill levies in both Grant County school districts. The Cobre Schools 2 mill levy won with 62 percent of the vote, 507 in favor and 307 against. The 70 percent of voters in favor of Silver Schools’ 1.5 mill levy made for an even more lopsided vote, …
More than 1,200 early votes have already been cast in Grant County in Tuesday’s consolidated local election, in which a number of offices are being contested from school boards to town councils. Grant County Bureau of Elections Director Elizabeth Trujillo said 202 early ballots were cast at the Bayard Community Center, while 1,024 people turned out to vote early at the county clerk’s office in Silver City. Early voting ended …
Five of seven Silver City candidates in the Nov. 2 consolidated local election hopped online Thursday evening to join a candidate forum hosted by the Daily Press via Zoom, and while forums in previous years have been held in person, the online format did not deter residents from participating. Several constituents chimed in with written questions for their potential future representatives, who also fielded inquiries from Daily Press reporter Geoffrey …