Election today as early voting has steady showing  Going into Tuesday’s Hobbs municipal runoff election, 481 registered voters have made their choice. That is the number of total ballots (early voting/absentee voting) issued as of 5 p.m. Friday. “I’m OK with the number or ballots issued,” said City of Hobbs Clerk Jan Fletcher, “but I think that this many people …

What’s with all the election signs? As an elected Hobbs City Commissioner, Marshall Newman takes lots of phone calls from his constituents on a variety of city issues. Lately, he has received calls on why there are still election signs seen throughout the community? “We’ve still got some folks out there who don’t realize that there’s a runoff in one …