<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=1wUKuy_1GlsXI2600" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1wUKuy_1GlsXI2600" width="1600" height="1109" ><figcaption>Steven Pittman, of Bloomfield, feeds his ballot into a voting machine at the Farmington Public Library on Tuesday. (Debra Mayeux/Tri-City Record)</figcaption></figure>San Juan County saw 44.6% of its registered voters participate in the mid-term election.The county did provide voters with 33 convenient locations to vote, and all were open despite flooding throughout the area.“We were very fortunate that we had no opening issues,” San Juan County Clerk Alyssa Kuhn said, adding that while the turnout is typically low for mid-terms it was lower than in years past.The 2018 and 2022 mid-term elections had a voter turnout of 51%Despite the low turnout, the voter rolls have increased by 12% in San Juan County.There were 87,193 registered voters in San Juan County as of Tuesday afternoon. There were 78,431 registered voters in the 2022 election, Kuhn said.“It’s increased quite a bit over the last few years because of automatic voter registration,” she said, adding that went into effect in July 2025.When someone goes in for a driver’s license they are asked, which party they want to join and are registered to vote. If they don’t want to be registered they have to provide a cancellation letter to the clerk’s office, Kuhn said.Despite the increase, “we just haven’t seen the registration numbers equate to to them voting,” Kuhn said.“The voter turnout for early voting was 17,488, which was 20% of registered voters,” Kuhn said, adding the county received absentee ballots from 2.3% of voters.</div></body>

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San Juan County saw 44.6% of its registered voters participate in the mid-term election. The county did provide voters with 33 convenient locations to vote, and all were open despite flooding throughout the area. “We were very fortunate that we had no opening issues,” San Juan County Clerk Alyssa Kuhn...

Voter turnout lower than usual in San Juan County

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San Juan County saw 44.6% of its registered voters participate in the mid-term election. The county did provide voters with 33 convenient locations to vote

Voter turnout lower than usual in San Juan County

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