logged_outCopyright © 2020 Albuquerque JournalDemand for pandemic relief has far exceeded the capacity of a city of Albuquerque program established to help residents ineligible for other assistance, with applications exhausting funding in less than a day.Officials said Monday that the nearly $2.5 million Community Impact Fund that opened for applications Dec. 7 “went in eight hours.” All told, 3,233 people applied the first day they could. The city was able to fund grants for 1,213 households.“That just really underscores the very, very deep need in our community of people who have been...…logged_outCopyright © 2020 Albuquerque JournalDemand for pandemic relief has far exceeded the capacity of a city of Albuquerque program established to help residents ineligible for other assistance, with applications exhausting funding in less than a day.Officials said Monday that the nearly $2.5 million Community Impact Fund that opened for applications Dec. 7 “went in eight hours.” All told, 3,233 people applied the first day they could. The city was able to fund grants for 1,213 households.“That just really underscores the very, very deep need in our community of people who have been...WW…

logged_outCopyright © 2020 Albuquerque JournalSANTA FE – Turnout in this year’s presidential election is about three times heavier so far than it was in 2016, propelled by an influx of absentee ballots.More than 183,000 voters in New Mexico have already cast their ballots either in person or absentee, well beyond the 62,000 votes at this point in the 2016 election cycle.Absentee ballots are helping drive the increase. More than 102,000 absentee ballots have already been returned, exceeding the total from the entire general-election cycle four years ago.The strong turnout comes as New Mexico...…logged_outCopyright © 2020 Albuquerque JournalSANTA FE – Turnout in this year’s presidential election is about three times heavier so far than it was in 2016, propelled by an influx of absentee ballots.More than 183,000 voters in New Mexico have already cast their ballots either in person or absentee, well beyond the 62,000 votes at this point in the 2016 election cycle.Absentee ballots are helping drive the increase. More than 102,000 absentee ballots have already been returned, exceeding the total from the entire general-election cycle four years ago.The strong turnout comes as New Mexico...WW…