A judge has ordered the Santa Fe County Clerk to allow registered voters who requested absentee ballots but have not yet received them to vote in the early-voting process.

But because early voting ends at 6 p.m. today, the order's effect will be short-lived.

State District Judge Jim Hall on Thursday granted the order requested by the New Mexico Federation of Labor, an umbrella organization for state labor unions.

The federation's motion was backed by affidavits from Susie A. Trujillo-Romero, a Santa Fe letter carrier with the U.S. Postal Service, and Marlene Foster, an attorney with the New Mexico Public Defender Department, who both said they had sought absentee ballots but had not received them and had received conflicting advice from the County Clerk's Office.
 
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