Department of Justice monitors raised concerns before the June Primary about accessibility at Las Placitas Presbyterian Church and, as a result, there will only be one voting convenience center in Placitas.

County Public Works were able to ease the concerns with some other sites but the church and Bernalillo High School did not make the cut.

Drop boxes are under a lot of speculation due to unproven fraud and tampering claims during the 2020 election.

Those claims are resurfacing, including in the Sandoval County Commission public comment where every session a group presents to the commissioners about the integrity of voting. the Observer wrote on Oct. 5 about this.