We’re partnering with media organizations around the state to bring you a live blog stream of primary election returns and analysis, moderated by Heath Haussamen of NMPolitics.net.

Tonight’s stream, which you’re free to join, will begin shortly before 7 p.m. as polls across the state tally their final few votes and results begin to trickle in to the offices of county clerks across New Mexico. Most election officials release the totals of early and absentee voting first, as those votes have been in their offices since Saturday, in most cases. Expect to see a large bump in vote totals when those results are posted. Election Day results typically are tallied as they come in after polls close.

As usual, we’ll have analysis of the vote on New Mexico in Focus this week as well as predictions about the general election races to come. Thanks for stopping by!

By Matt Grubs, NMiF Producer

At mid-morning, total voter turnout for Democrats and Republicans in the 2012 primary election was running around 13 percent of registered Democrats and Republicans.

The Bernalillo County Clerk’s Office reported fewer than 7,000 voters had utilized one of the 69 “My Vote Center” locations before 11 a.m. Tuesday. Voters are no longer tethered to their home precinct when it comes to voting. The vote centers allow all voters to access their ballot from any location in the city.

Early and absentee voting numbers have so far dwarfed Election Day turnout, with 25,859 votes cast during early voting and 7,708 absentee ballots returned.

Spokeswoman Liz Hamm said that of the 6,688 people who have voted so far on Election Day, 2,575 were Republicans and 4,113 were Democrats. Polls close across the county and state at 7 p.m. Tuesday evening.

New Mexico in Focus will have updates throughout the day on this page and through Twitter and Facebook.