New Mexico Online Voting Contests

Carlsbad Softball Plays In Consolation Bracket

The Carlsbad Current-Argus runs a public vote titled Carlsbad Softball Plays In Consolation Bracket on its own website. The ballot tracks the Carlsbad high school softball team's postseason consolation games in New Mexico. Two editions are confirmed, 2025 and 2026, and the 2026 voting window ran September 8 through 15. The newspaper has not printed a category list or a per-supporter vote limit on the ballot page.

KRQE Mesa Tractor Athlete of the Week

The weekly fan vote KRQE News 13 runs with Mesa Tractor during the New Mexico high school football season, a new nominee slate posted most weeks, an embedded poll on krqe.com/sports/friday-night-football/, and each weekly winner added to the season-long pool that feeds the year-end Mesa Tractor Student Athlete of the Year vote.

New Mexico High School Athlete of the Week

Albuquerque · Albuquerque Journal (Albuquerque Publishing Company)

Free weekly reader fan poll hosted by the Albuquerque Journal, recognising standout prep athletes across all NMAA-sanctioned sports each school year. Open statewide; readers vote once per hour per device, no account required.

New Mexico High School Football Star of the Week

Albuquerque · Albuquerque Journal

The Albuquerque Journal's weekly reader poll for the best high school football performance in New Mexico. Staff nominates standouts from all NMAA classes — 6A metro ABQ to 2A rural — and anyone can vote with no account. The poll closes Saturday around 5 p.m. MT, and the winner is announced in Sunday's print edition.

New Mexico High School Player of the Year

Statewide New Mexico · NMPreps (On3 Sports Network)

Annual end-of-season fan-vote awards run by NMPreps (On3 Sports Network) recognising the top New Mexico prep football performers — Mr. Football (overall POY), Defensive POY, and position awards — plus position-specific fan polls hosted by High School on SI. Seven-day public voting window; free, no account required.

New Mexico High School Softball Player of the Year

Statewide New Mexico · High School on SI (SBLive / Sports Illustrated / Arena Group)

Annual statewide fan-vote award presented by High School on SI (SBLive / Sports Illustrated) recognising the top New Mexico girls softball performer each spring season. Free public ballot at si.com/high-school/new-mexico; voting runs through a defined window, no account required. Covers all NMAA classifications statewide.

New Mexico's Top-Performing High School Baseball Hitters

Sports Illustrated / SBLive's statewide fan-vote poll naming New Mexico's best high school baseball hitters of the 2025 spring season. One voting window, no account needed, closed Thursday, May 15 at 8 p.m. Pacific — a single hard deadline, unlike the state's other prep sport polls that run on rolling or multi-day clocks.

The El Paso Children Hospital Athlete of the Week

El Paso Children's Hospital runs The El Paso Children Hospital Athlete of the Week, a public-vote sport program associated with New Mexico and hosted on Crowdsignal (poll.fm). The available ballot identifies a February 16-21 voting window marked closed. Categories, voting frequency, eligibility, and future window dates must be confirmed on the live ballot each cycle.

VOTE for the El Paso Children's Hospital Athlete of the Week

The Las Cruces Sun-News runs this weekly high school athlete poll with sponsorship from El Paso Children's Hospital. Ballots live on Crowdsignal at poll.fm and list wrestlers and basketball players from Las Cruces-area schools. Confirmed editions ran in 2022, 2024, 2025 and 2026. The published edition for Feb. 16-21 has closed, and the organizer prints no voting rules beyond an open invitation to participate freely.

VOTE to decide the Sun-News' Athlete of the Week

Las Cruces Sun-News readers decide this weekly high school athlete award. The newspaper nominates several New Mexico athletes each week and opens a public ballot on Crowdsignal, the poll.fm host. A confirmed ballot window of Dec. 29 through Jan. 3 has closed, and confirmed seasons of the series ran across 2022, 2024, 2025 and 2026. The organizer has published no fixed season calendar, so readers confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

Albuquerque Journal Readers' Choice

Annual Albuquerque Journal readers-choice business awards for the Albuquerque metro, with a nomination round, public voting on the CherryRoad ballot platform, and winners announced across categories from restaurants to healthcare.

Albuquerque The Magazine's Best of the City

Albuquerque The Magazine runs Best of the City, a reader ballot at abqthemag.com covering 100-plus categories across the metro. Unlike a typical consumer readers-choice ballot, past winners have included Albuquerque Public Schools and other major institutions alongside restaurants and shops. Confirm the current category list and dates on the live site each cycle.

Best Farm Albuquerque Rio Grande Farm

Unlike Albuquerque Journal Readers' Choice, Best Farm Albuquerque Rio Grande Farm runs on the Edible New Mexico host site from September to November. This public vote program serves Albuquerque, New Mexico residents and food system supporters. Confirmed edition years include 2021, 2022, 2025, and 2026. Voting details change annually.

Best of NM Weddings

Best of NM Weddings is a public-vote ballot from the New Mexico Wedding Expo, hosted on the organizer's own website for wedding pros and their clients across New Mexico. The 2026 window closes on October 31, 2026, the page allows one vote each day, and no category list or later edition has been published.

Best of Santa Fe

Santa Fe Reporter's annual readers' choice ballot, run across more than 100 categories at sfreporter.com and vote.sfreporter.com. The 2025 window ran April 15 to May 15, with the paper reporting thousands of nominations and votes and calling the results a sincere read on what Santa Feans love.

Best of Taos

Taos News' annual readers'-choice poll across restaurants, services, retail, and arts categories, now past its 25th year, with 2025 setting a voting record at 2,559 voters.

Best Organization Kitchen Angels

New Mexico's Best Organization Kitchen Angels is a public-vote award from organizer Edible New Mexico, run on the publisher's own website. Confirmed edition years run 2021, 2022, 2025, and 2026, with the fall window as the published timing. Exact dates, category roster, and per-supporter limits are not published; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

Best Winery Gruet Winery

Edible New Mexico invites its readers to nominate and vote for favorite local food and drink businesses, and the Best Winery slot that honors Gruet Winery sits inside that readers' ballot. The window runs from September through November, with editions reaching from 2022 through 2026. The ballot lives on the organizer's own site and speaks to readers across New Mexico who care about the state's local food systems. Exact window dates and the full rules are not printed ahead of time; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

Bulletin's Best

Las Cruces · Las Cruces Bulletin

Las Cruces, New Mexico's own paper, the Las Cruces Bulletin, runs Bulletin's Best on the Second Street platform at lascrucesbulletin.secondstreetapp.com. Confirmed editions run 2021 through 2026, and the 2027 cycle's nomination-and-voting window is confirmed open August 10 through October 12, 2026. None of the confirmed editions spells out how many categories exist or how often one person may vote, so lascrucesbulletin.secondstreetapp.com stays the only place a business can settle either question once nominations close.

Bulletin's Best 2027

Bulletin's Best 2027 is the best-of balloting program run by the Las Cruces Bulletin, a weekly newspaper serving Las Cruces, New Mexico. It runs on Second Street, and the current ballot is open from August 10 through October 12, 2026. Six editions ran between 2021 and 2026, and the 2027 cycle extends the run, making this one of the longest-standing reader ballots in southern New Mexico. The category roster and the per-supporter rules are set by the newspaper and appear on the ballot itself.

City Awards 1 Million Grant

City Awards 1 Million Grant is a public-vote ballot run by the Alamogordo Daily News in New Mexico, and the newspaper keeps it on its own domain. Editions are confirmed for 2025 and for 2026, with the voting window falling in May. The paper prints no category list, no per-reader limit and no exact open or close dates, so a supporter should open the current page before building any push.

CommunityVotes Albuquerque

Annual CommunityVotes readers-choice business awards for Albuquerque, New Mexico, spanning Food & Drink, Retail, Services, Wellness/Hair/Beauty, and Community Organization categories, with a four-tier Platinum through Bronze winner ladder in every category.

CommunityVotes Las Cruces

Unlike the newspaper and magazine ballots elsewhere in New Mexico, CommunityVotes Las Cruces is run by CommunityVotes with a local partner on the organizer's own platform at lascruces.communityvotes.com. It is the best-of awards ballot for Las Cruces, NM, where residents nominate favorite businesses, people and services. The 2026 nomination period runs from August 3 to November 29, and editions for 2025 and 2026 are confirmed on it.

CommunityVotes Rio Rancho

CommunityVotes Rio Rancho is a city-scoped favorites poll for the businesses, people and services of Rio Rancho, New Mexico. CommunityVotes operates it with a local partner on the city's own domain, riorancho.communityvotes.com. Confirmed years so far: 2025 and 2026. In the 2026 cycle, nominations run from August 3 through November 29, and a voting period follows once Finalists are set. The voting-period dates and the full category roster never appear in print; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

CommunityVotes Santa Fe

CommunityVotes runs CommunityVotes Santa Fe, a best-of business ballot for Santa Fe, New Mexico, hosted on its own CommunityVotes platform at santafe.communityvotes.com. Nominations for the 2026 cycle run from August 3 to November 29. Locals put forward the local businesses and services they want recognized, and the page carries a first-edition caveat because 2026 is the only edition year confirmed so far. Category names and voting rules are not printed, so check the live ballot before relying on either.

Edible New Mexico Local Hero Awards

Edible New Mexico's statewide food-and-farm readers' awards, spanning 27 categories from restaurants and farms to chefs, breweries, and markets, decided by public vote each spring.

Mesilla Valley Community's Choice Awards

The Mesilla Valley Community's Choice Awards ballot covers Las Cruces, New Mexico businesses in a best-of format, run by CommunityVotes Las Cruces on the CommunityVotes platform. Nominations opened in August 2025 and voting closes in January 2026; the program ran in 2025 and again in 2026. Supporters cast public votes for local favorites. Exact voting days, the category lineup and any per-supporter limit stay off the organizer's page.

New Mexico Horsemen's Association Awards

The New Mexico Horsemen's Association runs the New Mexico Horsemen's Association Awards, a best-of ballot served from the association's own website, nmharacing.com/vote. Voting is open to current NMRC Trainers/Owners License Holders, who vote online, and the 2026 ballot carries a Sunland Park Committee Owners section. Both the 2025 and the 2026 run are confirmed. The organizer asks supporters to check voting dates on the live page.

NME Awards

NME Awards is the New Mexico Entertainment Magazine public-vote program from NM Entertainment, using nmentertains.com for the events and entertainment community in New Mexico. Confirmed edition years are 2025 and 2026. The published 2026 voting window runs from March 31, 2026, until May 31, 2026.

Clark's Pets Calendar Contest

Albuquerque · Clark's Pet Emporium

Clark's Pet Emporium, an Albuquerque pet-supply retailer, runs Clark's Pets Calendar Contest at clarkspets.com/pet-calendar-contest, inviting New Mexico pet owners to submit a photo of their cat, dog or other companion for a spot in its next calendar. Only one edition is confirmed so far, 2026: entries closed September 30, 2026, and public voting runs October 1 through October 15, 2026. This is the first confirmed edition; whether it returns next year is not yet published; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.