The “Millennial Generation” is the demographic of young voters following Generation X consisting of 18- to 29-year-olds.

The Monday evening potluck taking place inside the phone-bank building contrasted the exterior. While both were covered in signs with various Democratic officials’ names, outside, a small paper attached to an electrical pole read: “Neighbors will tow, more parking is available on Zuni and Taos.”

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Among 21st-century knights, within the Roundtable of Common Citizens, a young voter swears her allegiance on the United States Constitution.

They say the only thing worse than being alone is being surrounded by people who make you feel alone. Politically, I suppose, that couldn’t be truer.

In the 2008 presidential election, President Barack Obama had more than two-thirds of the young voters’ votes, and he received his strongest support for the election from voters aged 18-29. The 2008 election also elicited the most young voter votes in history.

No matter your partisan leanings, the 2012 election cycle—nasty, costly and seemingly interminable—probably makes you want to just give up and have a drink. Fortunately, you can. The state law banning drinking on Election Day has been defunct for more than a decade, and at least one local bar is taking advantage of that: the Inn of the Anasazi, which will offer politically themed drinks on Election Day—Tuesday, Nov. 6.

Throughout his eight years as a Republican state senator, Steve Komadina repeatedly tried to rid the state’s election system of a ballot option that he says drives him crazy.

With just under two weeks until the Nov. 6 election, Gary Johnson—former governor of New Mexico, extreme athlete, marijuana advocate and Libertarian candidate for president—is talking about his campaign in the past tense.

It’s been more than three years since Marino “Reno” Leyba shot and killed his pregnant teenage girlfriend, Sarah Lovato—but this week, the New Mexico Supreme Court sent the case back to the district court for a new trial.

Here, SFR offers a few voting tips from the county clerk and the New Mexico Secretary of State, who oversees voting statewide.