TUESDAY IS ELECTION DAY IN ALBUQUERQUE, WITH THE RACE FOR MAYOR BEING DECIDED. SEVERAL CITY COUNCIL SEATS ARE UP FOR GRABS AND A NUMBER OF BOND QUESTIONS ARE ALSO ON THE BALLOT. CITY CLERK AMY BAILEY SAYS CLOSE TO 100-THOUSAND VOTES COULD BE CAST. SHE SAYS SHE HOPES TO BOOST THE JUST UNDER 26 PERCENT TURNOUT … OR ROUGHLY 84 THOUSAND VOTERS … AT THE LAST MAYORAL ELECTION.
BAILEY SAYS AROUND 20-THOUSAND PEOPLE WILL HAVE ALREADY VOTED EARLY BY ELECTION DAY. SHE SAYS 2009'S EARLY VOTING NUMBERS WERE ALREADY EXCEEDED SEVERAL DAYS AGO.
