Voters have to weed through the major-party candidates and nonpartisan judges before they get to the general obligation bonds on the ballot.
Bond C will distribute more than $57 million to health-related facilities for construction and expansion.
About $28 million of the bond funds would benefit UNM. The Cancer Research and Treatment Center would receive $17 million, and the Neurosciences building would get $4 million for improvements.
An additional $7 million would go toward establishing a dental residency program at UNM.
Bond C will also give $10 million to the New Mexico Behavioral Health Institute in Las Vegas.
Bond A would allocate more than $14 million to the improvement of senior citizen facilities, including construction and equipment acquisition.
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The money will sponsor 148 projects for counties in New Mexico, including the construction and furnishing of 17 senior centers.
About $2.4 million would go toward projects in Bernalillo County.
According to the New Mexico Aging and Long-Term Services Department's Web site, $1.6 million of the Bond A funds would go toward renovation of the Barelas Senior Center, and $475,000 would go toward the Highland Senior Center.
Projects for seniors in the Navajo Nation would receive $390,000, while $1 million would fund statewide agencies for the general purchase and installation of new equipment that aids seniors, according to the Web site.
Student William Collier said he wished he'd had more information before he voted on the bonds.
"For each bond, you only get a short paragraph on the ballot," he said. "I definitely think that more knowledge beforehand would have helped me vote a little more responsibly."
Collier said he voted "yes" on all the bonds that benefit the school and "no" on the bonds that didn't.
Nicole Gillespie, senior policy analyst for the New Mexico Department of Finance & Administration, said a breakdown of the bonds on the ballot this month were planned by the Legislature this year.
"This year's G.O. bond projects were established during the 2008 legislative session as part of Senate Bill 333," Gillespie said. "If the measures pass, the Board of Finance will issue the bonds, and closing will occur sometime in March."
Student Kevin Barela said he didn't feel comfortable with his decision on the bonds. Students should do research on the bonds before voting in favor of them or against them, he said.
"Look into them," he said. "Check out what they are and what you're going to be voting for."
