2021 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 1 - Elections

Section 1-1-7.1 - Residence for purpose of candidacy and signing of petitions; rule for determining. - For the purpose of determining the residence of a person...

Section 1-1-7.2 - Petitions; nominations; signatures to be counted. - A. A person who signs a nominating petition shall sign...

Section 1-1-8 - Election returns. - As used in the Election Code [Chapter 1 NMSA 1978],...

Section 1-1-9 - Recompiled. - History: 1953 Comp., § 3-1-8, enacted by Laws 1969, ch....

Section 1-1-10 - Qualified political party. - As used in the Election Code [Chapter 1 NMSA 1978],...

Section 1-1-11 - Precinct. - As used in the Election Code, "precinct" means a designated...

Section 1-1-12 - Consolidated precinct. - A. As used in the Election Code, "consolidated precinct" means...

Section 1-1-13 - Election board. - As used in the Election Code, "election board" means the...

Section 1-1-14 - Publication. - A. As used in the Election Code, "publication", unless otherwise...

Section 1-1-15 - Posting. - A. As used in the Election Code, "posting" means posting...

Section 1-1-16 - Registration officer. - As used in the Election Code [Chapter 1 NMSA 1978],...

Section 1-1-16.1 - Registration agent. - As used in the Election Code [Chapter 1 NMSA 1978],...

Section 1-1-16.2 - New registrant. - As used in the Election Code [Chapter 1 NMSA 1978],...

Section 1-1-17 - Person authorized to administer oaths. - As used in the Election Code [Chapter 1 NMSA 1978],...

Section 1-1-18 - Oath includes affirmation. - As used in the Election Code [Chapter 1 NMSA 1978],...

Section 1-1-19 - Elections covered by code. - A. The Election Code applies to the following: (1) general...

Section 1-1-20 - Major fractions. - In any place in the Election Code [Chapter 1 NMSA...

Section 1-1-21 - County chairman. - In the event that a county chairman is designated a...

Section 1-1-22 - Computation of time; deadlines. - For the purpose of the Election Code, time periods of...

Section 1-1-23 - Unique identifier. - As used in the Election Code [Chapter 1 NMSA 1978],...

Section 1-1-24 - Required voter identification. - As used in the Election Code [Chapter 1 NMSA 1978],...

Section 1-1-25 - Voter information. - As used in the Election Code [Chapter 1 NMSA 1978],...

Section 1-1-26 - Petitions; nominations; requirements before signed by voters; invalidated petitions. - A. The following information shall be listed in the appropriate...

Article 2 - Election Officers and Boards

Section 1-2-1 - Secretary of state; chief election officer; rules. - A. The secretary of state is the chief election officer...

Section 1-2-1.1 - Attorney general required to assist secretary of state; district attorneys required to assist secretary of state and county clerks. - A. The attorney general shall, upon request of the secretary...

Section 1-2-2 - Secretary of state; general duties. - The secretary of state shall: A. generally supervise all elections...

Section 1-2-2.1 - Administrative complaints; procedures. - A. The secretary of state shall adopt rules for an...

Section 1-2-3 - Secretary of state; instructions; forms; certificates. - A. The secretary of state shall prepare and furnish to...

Section 1-2-3.1 - Secretary of state; multipurpose registration form. - The secretary of state shall prescribe the form of a...

Section 1-2-4 - Secretary of state; training and instructions to precinct boards [election boards]; training manual. - A. The secretary of state shall provide: (1) instructions for...

Section 1-2-5 - Secretary of state; election seminars. - In carrying out his duties under the Election Code [Chapter...

Section 1-2-6 - Election board; appointment. - A. The county clerk on or before forty-two days next...

Section 1-2-7 - Election board; qualification of members; qualification of presiding judges; qualification of minors. - A. In order to qualify as a member of the...

Section 1-2-8 - Repealed. - History: 1953 Comp., § 3-2-9, enacted by Laws 1975, ch....

Section 1-2-9 - Election board; standby list. - A. Not less than twenty-one days prior to the date...

Section 1-2-10 - Repealed. - History: 1953 Comp., § 3-2-9.2, enacted by Laws 1975, ch....

Section 1-2-11 - Election board; assignment. - Wherever possible, the county clerk shall assign persons appointed as...

Section 1-2-12 - Election board; positions on each board. - A. Each election board shall consist of: (1) a presiding...

Section 1-2-13 - Repealed. - History: 1953 Comp., § 3-2-12, enacted by Laws 1969, ch....

Section 1-2-14 - Election boards; notice of appointment. - A. Immediately after the appointment of the election boards, the...

Section 1-2-15 - Election board; vacancies. - A. If for any cause a member of the election...

Section 1-2-16 - Election board; compensation. - A. Members of an election board shall be compensated for...

Section 1-2-17 - Election board; schools of instruction. - A. The county clerk shall cause to be held a...

Section 1-2-18 - Election board members; identification badges. - At all times on election day while performing their duties,...

Section 1-2-19 - Oral assistance for language minority voters. - A. In those polling places designated by the secretary of...

Section 1-2-20 - Messengers; compensation. - A. The county clerk may appoint messengers to deliver ballot...

Section 1-2-21 - Challengers; appointment. - A. The county chair of each political party represented on...

Section 1-2-22 - Challengers, watchers and election observers; qualifications; restrictions. - Challengers and watchers shall be voters of a precinct located...

Section 1-2-23 - Challengers; permitted activities. - A. A challenger, upon presentation of the written appointment to...

Section 1-2-24 - Challengers; identification badges. - At all times while they are present in the polling...

Section 1-2-25 - Challengers, watchers, county canvass observers; permitted and prohibited activities. - A. Challengers, watchers and county canvass observers shall: (1) not...

Section 1-2-26 - Challengers; penalty. - The act of denying a challenger, who has presented a...

Section 1-2-27 - Watchers; appointment. - A. An election-related organization may in a statewide or special...

Section 1-2-28 - Repealed. - History: 1953 Comp., § 3-2-26, enacted by Laws 1969, ch....

Section 1-2-29 - Watchers and election observers; permissible activities. - A. Upon presentation to a precinct board [election board] of...

Section 1-2-30 - Watchers and election observers; penalty. - The act of denying a watcher or an election observer,...

Section 1-2-31 - County canvass observers. - A. The county chair of each political party represented on...

Section 1-2-32 - State canvass observers. - A. The state chair of each political party represented on...

Article 3 - Precincts and Polling Places

Section 1-3-1 - Nature of a precinct; maps. - A. Each precinct as nearly as practicable shall be composed...

Section 1-3-2 - Precincts; duties of county commissioners. - For the conduct of any statewide election during the period...

Section 1-3-3 - Repealed. - History: 1953 Comp., § 3-3-3, enacted by Laws 1969, ch....

Section 1-3-3.1 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 2000, ch. 81, § 2 repealed 1-3-3.1...

Section 1-3-4 - Consolidation of precincts; voter convenience centers. - A. The board of county commissioners may permit voters in...

Section 1-3-5 - Precincts; powers of county commissioners. - A. The board of county commissioners shall by resolution: (1)...

Section 1-3-6 - Precincts; boundaries; protest. - A. Any twenty-five or more voters of a precinct dissatisfied...

Section 1-3-6.1 - Repealed. - History: Laws 2009, ch. 222, § 1; repealed by Laws...

Section 1-3-7 - Polling places. - A. No less than one polling place shall be provided...

Section 1-3-7.1 - Additional polling places. - In the interest of the convenience of the voters and...

Section 1-3-7.2 - Polling places on Native American lands. - If, in an area that includes Indian nation, tribal or...

Section 1-3-8 - Precinct changes; notice and publication. - A. Upon the adoption of any resolution, or upon the...

Section 1-3-9 - Precincts; exclusions. - As used in Chapter 1, Article 3 NMSA 1978, "precinct"...

Section 1-3-10 - Short title. - Sections 1-3-10 through 1-3-14 NMSA 1978 may be cited as...

Section 1-3-11 - Purpose. - The purpose of the Precinct Boundary Adjustment Act [1-3-10 to...

Section 1-3-12 - Adjusting precinct boundaries. - A. Before each federal decennial census, every precinct shall comply...

Section 1-3-12 - Adjusting precinct boundaries. (Effective January 1, 2023.) - A. Before each federal decennial census, every precinct shall comply...

Section 1-3-13 - Adjusting precinct boundaries; time lines for legislative and local public body redistricting; release of nominating petitions. - A. Prior to commencement of the federal decennial census, the...

Section 1-3-14 - Standard base map required. - All precinct maps prepared by the county clerk as required...

Section 1-3-15 to 1-3-17 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1984 (1st S.S.), ch. 3, § 8,...

Section 1-3-18 - Polling places; building requirements; inspection. - A. The location of each polling place within a building...

Section 1-3-19 - Election-day polling places; adequate resources. - A. Each election-day polling place in a statewide election that...

Section 1-3-20 - Secretary of state; geographic information system data. - A. Beginning January 1, 2022, the secretary of state shall...

Article 3A - Redistricting

Section 1-3A-1 - Short title. - Sections 2 through 10 [1-3A-1 to 1-3A-10 NMSA 1978] of...

Section 1-3A-2 - Definitions. - As used in the Redistricting Act: A. "committee" means the...

Section 1-3A-3 - Citizen redistricting committee created; membership; terms. - A. The "citizen redistricting committee" is created. B. The committee...

Section 1-3A-4 - Members; qualifications; limitations. - A. To qualify for appointment to the committee, a person...

Section 1-3A-5 - Committee; duties. - A. Beginning July 1, 2021, and every August 1 of...

Section 1-3A-6 - Committee meetings before proposing district plans. - A. Before the committee issues proposed district plans for public...

Section 1-3A-7 - District plans; requirements and prohibitions. - A. The committee shall develop district plans in accordance with...

Section 1-3A-8 - Committee adoption of district plans. - The committee shall adopt at a minimum three district plans...

Section 1-3A-9 - Legislative selection of district plans. - A. The committee shall deliver its adopted district plans and...

Article 4 - Registration of Electors

Section 1-4-1 - Registration required. - No person shall vote at any election unless he is...

Section 1-4-1.1 - Authorization to verify voter registration information; investigation and reconciliation. - A. The secretary of state may: (1) provide to the...

Section 1-4-2 - Registration of qualified residents; right to vote in primary. - A. Any qualified resident of New Mexico shall be permitted...

Section 1-4-3 - Registration declared permanent. - The registration of a qualified elector is permanent for all...

Section 1-4-4 - Fees and charges prohibited. - No qualified elector shall be charged any fee or required...

Section 1-4-5 - Method of registration; unlawful use of information; penalty. - A. A qualified elector may apply to a registration officer...

Section 1-4-5.1 - Method of registration; form. - A. A qualified elector may apply for registration using the...

Section 1-4-5.2 - Agency registration; form. - A. A qualified elector may register to vote at certain...

Section 1-4-5.3 - Registration; lack of physical address. - A. If a qualified elector resides in an area lacking...

Section 1-4-5.4 - Registration; form. - A. The secretary of state shall prescribe the paper form...

Section 1-4-5.5 - Requests for voter data, mailing labels or special voter lists. - A. The county clerk or secretary of state shall furnish...

Section 1-4-5.6 - Unlawful use of voter data, mailing labels or special voter lists; penalties. - A. Unlawful use of voter data, mailing labels or special...

Section 1-4-5.7 - Registration at voting location prior to voting. - A. Notwithstanding the provisions in Section 1-4-8 NMSA 1978 providing...

Section 1-4-5.8 - Automatic voter registration; driver's license and agency registration and updates to registration. - A. In addition to the requirements of Section 1-4-47 NMSA...

Section 1-4-6 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1987, ch. 249, § 52 repealed 1-4-6...

Section 1-4-7 - Registration by temporary absentees. - A qualified elector who is temporarily out of his county...

Section 1-4-8 - Duties of county clerk; acceptance of registration; close of registration; late registration. - For qualified electors seeking to register to vote or update...

Section 1-4-9 - Duties of county clerk; registration of language minorities. - The county clerk shall initiate nonpartisan measures to urge and...

Section 1-4-10 - Recompiled. - History: 1953 Comp., § 3-4-8.2, enacted by Laws 1977, ch....

Section 1-4-11 - Duties of county clerk; upon receipt of certificates. - A. Upon receipt of a complete certificate of registration, if...

Section 1-4-12 - Duties of county clerk; filing of certificates. - A. Certificates of registration, if in proper form, shall be...

Section 1-4-13 - Change of name; correcting error. - A. Any voter who changes his name or discovers an...

Section 1-4-14 - Repealed. - History: 1953 Comp., § 3-4-12, enacted by Laws 1969, ch....

Section 1-4-15 - Registration; change of party affiliation. - A. A voter may change the voter's designated party affiliation...

Section 1-4-16 - Registration; when party affiliation shall not be made. - A. No designation of party affiliation shall be made or...

Section 1-4-17 - Registration; change of residence within same county. - A. A voter who has changed his residence within the...

Section 1-4-18 - Change of registered residence to another county. - When a voter changes the voter's registered residence address from...

Section 1-4-18.1 - Online voter registration. - A. A person may complete a certificate of registration in...

Section 1-4-19 - Registration; transfer upon creation or change of precincts; notice to voters. - A. When a new precinct is created or the boundaries...

Section 1-4-20 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1987, ch. 249, § 52 repealed 1-4-20...

Section 1-4-21 - Refusal of registration; appeal. - A qualified elector whose registration has been refused or the...

Section 1-4-22 - Cancellation of registration; petition to district court. - A. At any time not less than one hundred twenty...

Section 1-4-23 - Repealed. - History: 1953 Comp., § 3-4-21, enacted by Laws 1969, ch....

Section 1-4-24 - Cancellation of registration; county clerk; grounds. - The county clerk shall cancel certificates of registration for the...

Section 1-4-25 - Cancellation of registration; determination of death. - A. For purposes of cancellation of registration, the death of...

Section 1-4-26 - Repealed. - History: 1953 Comp., § 3-4-24, enacted by Laws 1969, ch....

Section 1-4-27 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 2001, ch. 46, § 4 repealed 1-4-27...

Section 1-4-27.1 - Cancellation of registration following conviction; eligibility for voting upon satisfaction of conditions. - A. When a voter has been convicted of a felony...

Section 1-4-28 - Cancellation of registration; change of residence; notice. - A. The secretary of state, county clerks and boards of...

Section 1-4-29 - Board of registration; county clerk; failure to cancel; duty of the secretary of state. - A. If the board of registration or the county clerk...

Section 1-4-30 - Cancellation of registration; voter's request. - A. The county clerk shall cancel a certificate of registration...

Section 1-4-31 - Repealed. - History: 1953 Comp., § 3-4-29, enacted by Laws 1969, ch....

Section 1-4-32 - Cancellation of registration; duties of county clerk; retention of records. - A. When a registration is canceled, the county clerk shall...

Section 1-4-33 - Repealed. - History: 1953 Comp., § 3-4-31, enacted by Laws 1969, ch....

Section 1-4-34 - Board of registration; board of county commissioners; appointment. - A. The board of county commissioners shall, at its first...

Section 1-4-35 - Board of registration; secretary. - The county clerk or the county clerk's authorized deputy shall...

Section 1-4-36 - Board of registration; compensation. - Each member of the board of registration shall be paid...

Section 1-4-37 - Board of registration; term; qualification. - A. The term of office of members of the board...

Section 1-4-38 - Board of registration; meetings. - A. All meetings of the board of registration shall be...

Section 1-4-39 to 1-4-45 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1995, ch. 198, § 17 repealed 1-4-39...

Section 1-4-46 - Clerical assistance for county clerk. - The board of county commissioners shall provide for necessary clerical...

Section 1-4-47 - Driver's license voter registration. - A. Every person who is a qualified elector and is...

Section 1-4-48 - Agency registration. - A. The secretary of state shall adopt and publish in...

Section 1-4-49 - Third-party registration agents; registration required; procedures; reports; penalty. - A. Registration agents who either register or assist persons to...

Section 1-4-50 - Prohibition on release of registration information. - The secretary of state, county clerk or any other registration...

Article 5 - Voter Records System

Section 1-5-1 - Short title. - Chapter 1, Article 5 NMSA 1978 may be cited as...

Section 1-5-2 - Definitions. - As used in the Election Code [Chapter 1 NMSA 1978]:...

Section 1-5-3 - Act is mandatory and supplemental to Election Code. - A. The Voter Records System Act is mandatory and supplemental...

Section 1-5-4 - County register; establishment. - The board of county commissioners shall direct the county clerk...

Section 1-5-5 - Entry of data into data processing system; county register; maintenance. - A. The county clerk, upon receipt of a proper certificate...

Section 1-5-6 - Precinct voter lists; signature roster preparation. - The county clerk shall provide for preparation of precinct voter...

Section 1-5-7 - Recompiled. - History: 1953 Comp., § 3-5-7, enacted by Laws 1969, ch....

Section 1-5-8 - Recompiled. - History: 1953 Comp., § 3-5-8, enacted by Laws 1969, ch....

Section 1-5-9 - Repealed. - History: 1953 Comp., § 3-5-9, enacted by Laws 1969, ch....

Section 1-5-10 - Recompiled. - History: 1953 Comp., § 3-5-11, enacted by Laws 1969, ch....

Section 1-5-11 - Recompiled. - History: 1953 Comp., § 3-5-12, enacted by Laws 1969, ch....

Section 1-5-12 - Recompiled. - History: 1953 Comp., § 3-5-13, enacted by Laws 1969, ch....

Section 1-5-13 - Repealed. - History: 1953 Comp., § 3-5-14, enacted by Laws 1969, ch....

Section 1-5-14 - File maintenance reports; voter file updates. - A. At least once a month, the secretary of state...

Section 1-5-15 - Repealed. - History: 1953 Comp., § 3-5-19, enacted by Laws 1969, ch....

Section 1-5-16 - Voter file; duplicate voter file; storage; protection. - A. All voter files shall be stored to safeguard them...

Section 1-5-17 - Voter registration system software; instructions; status; protection. - A. Voter registration system software and instructions for its use...

Section 1-5-18 - List and roster preparation; compatible duplicate means. - A. The secretary of state shall provide to the county...

Section 1-5-19 - Recompiled. - History: 1953 Comp., § 3-5-24, enacted by Laws 1969, ch....

Section 1-5-20 - Repealed. - History: 1953 Comp., § 3-5-25.1, enacted by Laws 1977, ch....

Section 1-5-21 - Data processor; custody and protection of voter file; delivery of voter file and program records. - A. The designated data processor shall provide the secretary of...

Section 1-5-22 - Unlawful disposition of voter file; penalty. - A. Unlawful disposition of voter file consists of the willful...

Section 1-5-23 - Unlawful destruction or alteration of data recording media, voter files, file maintenance lists, voter registration system software and instructions or voter lists; penalty. - A. Unlawful destruction or alteration of data recording media, voter...

Section 1-5-24 - Recompiled. - History: 1953 Comp., § 3-5-29, enacted by Laws 1975, ch....

Section 1-5-25 - Recompiled. - History: 1953 Comp., § 3-5-30, enacted by Laws 1975, ch....

Section 1-5-26 - Contractual agreement required with data processor. - The secretary of state shall enter into a written contractual...

Section 1-5-27 - Repealed. - History: 1953 Comp., § 3-5-32, enacted by Laws 1975, ch....

Section 1-5-28 - Repealed. - History: 1953 Comp., § 3-5-33, enacted by Laws 1975, ch....

Section 1-5-29 - Repealed. - History: 1953 Comp., § 3-5-34, enacted by Laws 1975, ch....

Section 1-5-30 - Secretary of state; voter registration electronic management system. - A. The secretary of state shall develop, implement, establish and...

Section 1-5-31 - Uniform procedures for counties. - The secretary of state shall: A. assist county clerks by...

Article 6 - Absentee Voting

Section 1-6-1 - Absent Voter Act; short title. - Chapter 1, Article 6 NMSA 1978 may be cited as...

Section 1-6-1.1 - Definitions. - As used in the Absent Voter Act: A. "absentee" means...

Section 1-6-2 - Repealed. - History: 1978 Comp., § 1-6-2, enacted by Laws 1987, ch....

Section 1-6-3 - Right to vote absentee. - A voter may vote absentee in all candidate contests and...

Section 1-6-4 - Mailed ballot application. - A. In a statewide election, application by a voter for...

Section 1-6-4.1 - Repealed. - History: 1978 Comp., § 1-6-4.1, enacted by Laws 1987, ch....

Section 1-6-4.2 - Repealed. - History: Laws 2003, ch. 355, § 1; repealed by Laws...

Section 1-6-4.3 - Third party agents collecting applications for mailed ballots. - A. A person or organization that is not part of...

Section 1-6-5 - Processing application; issuance of ballot. - A. The county clerk shall mark each completed application for...

Section 1-6-5.1 - Repealed. - History: 1978 Comp., § 1-6-5.1, enacted by Laws 1991, ch....

Section 1-6-5.2 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1999, ch. 267, § 36 repealed 1-6-5.2...

Section 1-6-5.3 - Repealed. - History: Laws 1999, ch. 267, § 2; repealed by Laws...

Section 1-6-5.4 - Repealed. - History: Laws 1999, ch. 267, § 3; 2005, ch. 270,...

Section 1-6-5.5 - Repealed. - History: Laws 2003, ch. 357, § 4; repealed by Laws...

Section 1-6-5.6 - Early voting; alternate voting locations; procedures. - The county clerk shall: A. ensure that voters have adequate...

Section 1-6-5.7 - Early voting; use of absentee voting procedures; county clerk's office; alternate voting locations. - A. Commencing on the twenty-eighth day preceding the election during...

Section 1-6-5.8 - Early voting; Native American early voting locations. - A county clerk shall provide at least one alternate voting...

Section 1-6-6 - Ballot register. - A. For each statewide election, the county clerk shall keep...

Section 1-6-7 - Repealed. - History: 1953 Comp., § 3-6-7, enacted by Laws 1969, ch....

Section 1-6-8 - Mailed ballot envelopes. - A. The secretary of state shall prescribe the form of,...

Section 1-6-9 - Mailed ballots; manner of voting; delivery methods. - A. When voting a mailed ballot, the voter shall secretly...

Section 1-6-9.1 - Repealed. - History: 1978 Comp., § 1-6-9.1, enacted by Laws 1991, ch....

Section 1-6-9.2 - Preparation of electronic voting machines. - A. Beginning ten days before an electronic voting machine is...

Section 1-6-10 - Receipt of mailed ballots by clerk. - A. The county clerk shall mark on each completed official...

Section 1-6-10.1 - Absentee ballot; delivery to county clerk. - A. A voter, caregiver to that voter or member of...

Section 1-6-10.2 - Repealed. - History: Laws 2003, ch. 378, § 1; 2007, ch. 336,...

Section 1-6-11 - Delivery of absentee ballots to absent voter precincts. - A. Beginning on the Thursday immediately preceding election day, the...

Section 1-6-13 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1981, ch. 150, § 6 repealed 1-6-12...

Section 1-6-14 - Handling mailed ballots. - A. At any time after mailed ballots have been sent...

Section 1-6-15 - Canvass; recount or recheck; disposition. - If voting machines are not used to register absentee ballots,...

Section 1-6-16 - Mailed ballots; replacement and provisional paper ballots. - A. A voter who has applied for a mailed ballot...

Section 1-6-16.1 - Absentee ballot; conduct of election; when not timely received; emergency procedure for voting and counting. - A. A voter who applies for a mailed ballot but...

Section 1-6-16.2 - Additional emergency procedure for voting. - A. After the close of the period for requesting a...

Section 1-6-17 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1999, ch. 55, § 1 repealed 1-6-17...

Section 1-6-18 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1987, ch. 249, § 52 repealed 1-6-18...

Section 1-6-18.1 - Repealed. - History: Laws 2003, ch. 356, § 8; repealed by Laws...

Section 1-6-19 - Repealed. - History: 1953 Comp., § 3-6-18, enacted by Laws 1969, ch....

Section 1-6-20 - Creation of absent voter precinct. - A. The board of county commissioners shall adopt a resolution...

Section 1-6-21 - Repealed. - History: 1953 Comp., § 3-6-20.1, enacted by Laws 1975, ch....

Section 1-6-22 - Designation of absent voter precinct polling place. - The board of county commissioners of each county shall designate...

Section 1-6-22.1 - Mail ballot election precinct; absentee voting in lieu of polling place. - A. Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 1-1-11 and 1-1-12 NMSA...

Section 1-6-23 - Absent voter precinct polling place; hours on election day and subsequent days. - The county clerk or statutorily appointed supervisor of the election...

Section 1-6-24 - Repealed. - History: 1953 Comp., § 3-6-22, enacted by Laws 1969, ch....

Section 1-6-25 - Repealed. - History: 1953 Comp., § 3-6-23, enacted by Laws 1969, ch....

Article 6A - Absentee-Early Voting Act (Repealed.)

Section 1-6A-1 to 1-6A-12 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1999, ch. 267, § 36 repealed 1-6A-1...

Article 6B - Uniform Military and Overseas Voters

Section 1-6B-1 - Short title. - Chapter 1, Article 6B NMSA 1978 may be cited as...

Section 1-6B-2 - Definitions. - As used in the Uniform Military and Overseas Voters Act:...

Section 1-6B-3 - Elections covered; form of ballot and ballot materials; benefits of the Uniform Military and Overseas Voters Act. - A. The procedures in the Uniform Military and Overseas Voters...

Section 1-6B-4 - Role of secretary of state; federal Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act. - A. The secretary of state shall make available to federal...

Section 1-6B-5 - Methods of registering to vote. - A. A federal qualified elector may register to vote using...

Section 1-6B-6 - Methods of applying for military-overseas ballot; timeliness; scope of application for military-overseas ballot. - A. A federal qualified elector who is currently registered to...

Section 1-6B-7 - Transmission of unvoted military-overseas ballots to federal qualified electors. - A. Not later than forty-five days before an election, even...

Section 1-6B-8 - Receipt of voted military-overseas ballots from federal qualified electors. - A. A military-overseas ballot shall be considered timely if it...

Section 1-6B-9 - Emergency response providers. - A. An emergency response provider may benefit from the ability...

Section 1-6B-10 - Use of federal write-in absentee ballot; qualification. - A. A federal qualified elector may use a federal write-in...

Section 1-6B-11 - Confirmation of receipt of application and voted ballot. - The secretary of state, upon the recommendation of the voting...

Section 1-6B-12 - Use of voter's electronic-mail address. - A. The county clerk shall request an electronic-mail address from...

Section 1-6B-13 - Prohibition of nonsubstantive requirements. - A. If the intention of the voter is clearly discernable...

Section 1-6B-14 - Absentee ballots; reports. - A. Within thirty days following a general election, the county...

Section 1-6B-15 - Equitable relief. - A court of competent jurisdiction of this state may issue...

Section 1-6B-16 - Uniformity of application and construction. - In applying and construing the Uniform Military and Overseas Voters...

Section 1-6B-17 - Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act. - The Uniform Military and Overseas Voters Act modifies, limits and...

Article 6C - Intimate Partner Violence Survivor Suffrage

Section 1-6C-1 - Short title. - Sections 1 through 9 [1-6C-1 to 1-6C-9 NMSA 1978] of...

Section 1-6C-2 - Definitions. - As used in the Intimate Partner Violence Survivor Suffrage Act:...

Section 1-6C-3 - Elections covered; automatic delivery of ballots; form of ballot and ballot materials; confidentiality. - A. The procedures in the Intimate Partner Violence Survivor Suffrage...

Section 1-6C-4 - Voter records; certification; decertification; cancellation. - Notwithstanding the provisions of the Voter Records System Act [Chapter...

Section 1-6C-5 - Random identifier and verification code. - A. Prior to each election, the administrator shall assign to...

Section 1-6C-6 - Transmission of ballots to voter-participants. - A. On the thirty-fifth day before an election, on behalf...

Section 1-6C-7 - Receipt of voted ballots from voter-participants. - A. A voted ballot shall be returned by the voter-participant...

Section 1-6C-8 - Statewide election; state canvass report. - The secretary of state shall prepare a public report to...

Section 1-6C-9 - Judicial proceedings. - A. In a judicial proceeding related to an election, upon...

Article 7 - Political Parties

Section 1-7-1 - Political parties; conditions for use of ballot. - All nominations of candidates for public office in New Mexico...

Section 1-7-2 - Qualification; removal; requalification. - A. To qualify as a political party in New Mexico,...

Section 1-7-3 - Rules and regulations; contents. - The secretary of state and the county clerk shall not...

Section 1-7-4 - Rules and regulations; filing; fee. - A. Each political party shall file its rules and regulations,...

Section 1-7-5 - Rules and regulations; amendment. - Political party rules and regulations filed as required by the...

Section 1-7-6 - Party name and emblem. - A. The chairman of the state central committee of a...

Section 1-7-7 - Major political party; minor political party. - As used in the Election Code [Chapter 1 NMSA 1978]:...

Article 8 - Nominations and Primary Elections

Section 1-8-1 - Nominating procedures; major political parties; minor political parties. - A. Any major political party in New Mexico, as defined...

Section 1-8-2 - Nomination by minor political party; convention; designated nominees. - A. If the rules of a minor political party require...

Section 1-8-2 - Nomination by minor political party; convention; designated nominees. (Effective January 1, 2023.) - A. If the rules of a minor political party require...

Section 1-8-3 - Nomination by minor political party; other methods. - If the rules and regulations of a minor political party...

Section 1-8-3 - Nomination by minor political party; other methods. (Effective January 1, 2023.) - If the rules and regulations of a minor political party...

Section 1-8-3.1 - Nominating petition for candidate of an unqualified state political party; qualification as an independent candidate. - The declaration of candidacy and petition signatures submitted to the...

Section 1-8-4 - Secretary of state; certification of nominees; minor political party. - A. Upon receipt of certificates of nomination of any minor...

Section 1-8-5 - Canvassing boards; certification of nominees of parties participating in primary. - Immediately upon completion of their respective canvasses, the state and...

Section 1-8-6 - Vacancy on primary ballot. - Regardless of the cause, no vacancy on the primary election...

Section 1-8-7 - Vacancy on general election ballot; death of candidate or resignation or death of office holder before primary. - A. Vacancies on the general election ballot may be filled...

Section 1-8-8 - Vacancy on general election ballot; occurring after primary. - A. If after a primary election, but seventy or more...

Section 1-8-9 - Repealed. - History: 1953 Comp., § 3-8-8.1, enacted by Laws 1975, ch....

Section 1-8-10 - Repealed. - History: 1953 Comp., § 3-8-9, enacted by Laws 1969, ch....

Section 1-8-11 - Primary Election Law; time of holding primary. - A primary election shall be held in each county in...

Section 1-8-12 - Primary Election Law; proclamation calling primary and general elections. - A. The secretary of state shall issue a public proclamation...

Section 1-8-13 - Primary Election Law; contents of proclamation. - The general election proclamation calling a primary and general election...

Section 1-8-13 - Primary Election Law; contents of proclamation. (Effective January 1, 2023.) - The general election proclamation calling a primary and general election...

Section 1-8-14 - Primary Election Law; proclamation; duties of secretary of state. - Upon the proclamation being filed, the secretary of state shall...

Section 1-8-15 - Primary Election Law; proclamation; duties of county clerk. - Upon receipt of the authenticated copy of the proclamation, the...

Section 1-8-16 - Primary Election Law; proclamation; amendment. - The governor may amend the proclamation between the time of...

Section 1-8-17 - Primary Election Law; offices affected; questions prohibited. - A. The Primary Election Law [1-8-10 to 1-8-52 NMSA 1978]...

Section 1-8-18 - Primary Election Law; who may become a candidate. - A. No person shall become a candidate for nomination by...

Section 1-8-19 - Candidacy in primary of one party bars general election ballot designation of different party or as an unaffiliated candidate. - If a person has been a candidate for the nomination...

Section 1-8-20 - Primary Election Law; candidacy for more than one office. - No person shall be a candidate in the primary election...

Section 1-8-21 - Primary election; methods of placing names on primary ballot. - A. All candidates seeking primary election nomination to a statewide...

Section 1-8-21.1 - Designation of candidates by convention. - A. State conventions of major political parties may designate candidates...

Section 1-8-22 to 1-8-24 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1985, ch. 2, § 13 repealed 1-8-22...

Section 1-8-25 - Repealed. - History: 1953 Comp., § 3-8-20, enacted by Laws 1969, ch....

Section 1-8-26 - Primary Election Law; time of filing; documents necessary to qualify for ballot; challenge. - A. Declarations of candidacy by preprimary convention designation for any...

Section 1-8-27 - Primary Election Law; declaration of candidacy; manner of filing. - Each declaration of candidacy, by nominating petition or by pre-primary...

Section 1-8-28 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1985, ch. 2, § 13 repealed 1-8-28...

Section 1-8-29 - Primary Election Law; declaration of candidacy; form. - In making a declaration of candidacy by nominating petition or...

Section 1-8-30 - Primary Election Law; declaration of candidacy; nominating petition; filing and form. - A. As used in the Primary Election Law, "nominating petition"...

Section 1-8-31 - Recompiled. - History: 1953 Comp., § 3-8-24.2, enacted by Laws 1973, ch....

Section 1-8-32 - Primary Election Law; nominating petition; offenses; penalty. - A. Any person who knowingly falsifies any information on a...

Section 1-8-33 - Primary Election Law; nominating petition; number of signatures required. - A. As used in this section, "total vote" means the...

Section 1-8-33 - Primary Election Law; nominating petition; number of signatures required. (Effective January 1, 2023.) - A. As used in this section, "total vote" means the...

Section 1-8-34 - Primary Election Law; nominating petition; withdrawals and additions; copies made available. - A. A nominating petition when filed shall not be withdrawn...

Section 1-8-35 - Primary Election Law; nominating petition; limitation on appeals of validity of nominating petitions. - A. Any voter filing any court action challenging a nominating...

Section 1-8-36 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1981, ch. 156, § 3, repealed 1-8-36...

Section 1-8-36.1 - Primary Election Law; write-in candidates. - A. Write-in candidates are permitted in the primary election only...

Section 1-8-36.1 - Primary Election Law; write-in candidates. (Effective January 1, 2023.) - A. Write-in candidates are permitted in the primary election only...

Section 1-8-37 to 1-8-39 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1985, ch. 2, § 13 repealed 1-8-37...

Section 1-8-39.1 - Declaration of pre-primary designation; certification by secretary of state. - A. Not later than six days after the dates for...

Section 1-8-40 - Primary Election Law; declaration of candidacy; false statement. - Any person knowingly making a false statement in his declaration...

Section 1-8-41 - Primary Election Law; filing fee. - The filing fee in the primary election for any county...

Section 1-8-42 - Primary Election Law; pauper's statement in lieu of filing fee. - In the event any candidate is unable to pay the...

Section 1-8-43 - Repealed. - History: 1953 Comp., § 3-8-30, enacted by Laws 1969, ch....

Section 1-8-44 - Primary Election Law; withdrawal of candidates. - A candidate seeking to withdraw from a primary election shall...

Section 1-8-45 - Independent candidates for general or United States representative elections; definition. - A. As used in the Election Code, an independent candidate...

Section 1-8-46 - Independent candidates for general or United States representative special elections; right to be placed on ballot. - The name of any independent candidate for an office to...

Section 1-8-47 - Independent candidates for general or United States representative special elections; withdrawal of name. - The provisions of the Election Code [Chapter 1 NMSA 1978]...

Section 1-8-48 - Independent candidates for general or United States representative elections; declaration of independent candidacy and nominating petition. - A. Nomination as an independent candidate shall be made by...

Section 1-8-49 - Independent candidates for general elections; candidates for president and vice president. - A. Nomination as an independent candidate for president or vice...

Section 1-8-50 - Independent candidates for general or United States representative special elections; nominating petition form. - A. As used in Sections 1-8-45 through 1-8-52 NMSA 1978,...

Section 1-8-51 - Independent candidates for general or United States representative elections; nominating petitions; required number of signatures. - A. The basis of percentage for the total number of...

Section 1-8-51 - Independent candidates for general or United States representative elections; nominating petitions; required number of signatures. (Effective January 1, 2023.) - A. The basis of percentage for the total number of...

Section 1-8-52 - Independent candidates for general or United States representative special elections; nominating petitions; circulation; date of filing. - A. Declarations of independent candidacy and nominating petitions shall be...

Section 1-8-52.1 - Repealed. - History: Laws 2007, ch. 25, § 1; repealed by Laws...

Section 1-8-53 - Recompiled. - History: 1953 Comp., § 3-8-33, enacted by Laws 1977, ch....

Section 1-8-54 - Recompiled. - History: 1953 Comp., § 3-8-34, enacted by Laws 1977, ch....

Section 1-8-54.1 - Recompiled. - History: Laws 2003, ch. 300, § 3; 1978 Comp., §...

Section 1-8-55 - Recompiled. - History: 1953 Comp., § 3-8-35, enacted by Laws 1977, ch....

Section 1-8-56 - Recompiled. - History: 1953 Comp., § 3-8-36, enacted by Laws 1977, ch....

Section 1-8-57 - Recompiled. - History: 1953 Comp., § 3-8-37, enacted by Laws 1977, ch....

Section 1-8-58 - Recompiled. - History: 1953 Comp., § 3-8-38, enacted by Laws 1977, ch....

Section 1-8-59 - Recompiled. - History: 1953 Comp., § 3-8-39, enacted by Laws 1977, ch....

Section 1-8-60 - Recompiled. - History: 1953 Comp., § 3-8-40, enacted by Laws 1977, ch....

Section 1-8-61 - Recompiled. - History: 1953 Comp., § 3-8-41, enacted by Laws 1977, ch....

Section 1-8-62 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1980, ch. 13, § 6, and Laws...

Section 1-8-63 - Recompiled. - History: 1953 Comp., § 3-8-43, enacted by Laws 1977, ch....

Section 1-8-64 - Repealed. - History: 1978 Comp., § 1-8-64, enacted by Laws 1979, ch....

Section 1-8-65 - Minor political party candidates for general or United States representative special elections; nominating petition form. - A. As used in Sections 1-8-2 through 1-8-4 NMSA 1978,...

Section 1-8-66 - General elections; write-in candidates. - A. A person desiring to be a write-in candidate in...

Article 9 - Voting Machines

Section 1-9-1 - Secretary of state; duties; voting system defined. - A. The secretary of state shall study, examine and certify...

Section 1-9-2 - Repealed. - History: 1953 Comp., § 3-9-3, enacted by Laws 1969, ch....

Section 1-9-3 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 2001, ch. 233, § 16 repealed 1-9-3...

Section 1-9-4 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 2001, ch. 233, § 16 repealed 1-9-4...

Section 1-9-4.1 - Repealed. - History: Laws 2001, ch. 233, § 15; 2003, ch. 356,...

Section 1-9-4.2 - Recompiled. - History: Laws 2003, ch. 356, § 9; 2005, ch. 270,...

Section 1-9-5 - Requirement to use voting systems; sufficient check-in stations and voting booths. - A. Certified voting systems shall be used in all polling...

Section 1-9-6 - Voting systems; use in other elections. - A. The county clerk may provide for the use of...

Section 1-9-7 - Voting systems; acquisition. - A. The secretary of state shall provide to the county...

Section 1-9-7.1 - Voting system; use of paper ballot; access for blind or visually impaired voters. - A. All voting systems used in elections covered by the...

Section 1-9-7.2 - Voting systems; testing of previously certified systems. - The secretary of state may voluntarily test and certify voting...

Section 1-9-7.3 - Voting systems records. - For each certified voting system purchased in 2006 and after,...

Section 1-9-7.4 - Voting systems; authority of the secretary of state to recertify and decertify. - A. Each voting system certified for use in the state...

Section 1-9-7.5 - Voting systems; voting system certification committee; members. - A. The "voting system certification committee" is created. The committee...

Section 1-9-7.6 - Voting systems; storage; custody and maintenance; authority to enforce. - A. The secretary of state shall prescribe by rule promulgated...

Section 1-9-7.7 - Voting systems; technical requirements. - Voting systems certified for use in state elections shall: A....

Section 1-9-7.8 - Voting systems; operational requirements. - Voting systems certified for use in state elections shall: A....

Section 1-9-7.9 - Voting systems; memory; removable storage media device; requirements. - Voting systems certified for use in state elections shall: A....

Section 1-9-7.10 - Voting systems; ballot handling and processing requirements. - Voting systems certified for use in state elections shall: A....

Section 1-9-7.11 - Voting systems; source code; escrow. - As a condition of initial certification and continued certification, the...

Section 1-9-8 - Repealed. - History: 1953 Comp., § 3-9-9, enacted by Laws 1969, ch....

Section 1-9-9 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1992, ch. 59, § 2 repealed 1-9-9...

Section 1-9-10 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 2001, ch. 233, § 16 repealed 1-9-10...

Section 1-9-11 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1991, ch. 106, § 12 repealed 1-9-11...

Section 1-9-12 - Care and custody of removable storage media devices; responsibility for transportation of voting systems; responsibility for security and programming; charge for such transportation or programming. - A. The county clerk shall be responsible for transporting all...

Section 1-9-13 - Voting system technicians. - A. Voting system technicians shall be trained and certified by...

Section 1-9-14 - Voting systems; authority of the secretary of state to test; certification. - A. The secretary of state shall provide for the testing...

Section 1-9-15 - Repealed. - History: 1953 Comp., § 1-9-15, enacted by Laws 1985, ch....

Section 1-9-16 - Repealed. - History: 1978 Comp., § 1-9-16, enacted by Laws 1985, ch....

Section 1-9-17 - Additional voting systems; state board of finance; lease-purchase contract; terms. - A. The state board of finance shall execute a lease-purchase...

Section 1-9-17.1 - Voting systems; renegotiation of lease-purchase contract; disposition of voting systems. - A. A lease-purchase contract for a voting system entered into...

Section 1-9-18 - Electronic voting systems; method of payment by counties. - A. The department of finance and administration and the board...

Section 1-9-19 - Voting system revolving fund. - A. The "voting system revolving fund" is created. The voting...

Section 1-9-20 - Systems designed to print ballots at polling locations; ballot preparation requirements. - Systems designed to print ballots at polling locations shall provide...

Section 1-9-21 - Systems designed to print ballots at polling locations; security requirements. - Systems designed to print ballots at polling locations shall provide...

Section 1-9-22 - Systems designed to print ballots at polling locations; hardware, software and usability requirements. - Systems designed to print ballots at polling locations shall: A....

Article 10 - Ballots and Ballot Labels

Section 1-10-1 - Ballot. - As used in the Election Code [Chapter 1 NMSA 1978]:...

Section 1-10-2 - Ballots; duty to provide. - The county clerk shall prepare and supply the ballots used...

Section 1-10-2.1 - Repealed. - History: 1978 Comp., § 1-10-2.1, enacted by Laws 1991, ch....

Section 1-10-3 - Ballots; uniformity. - A. Ballots shall be uniform throughout the state and compatible...

Section 1-10-4 - Ballots; preparation. - A. In a primary election, not less than sixty days...

Section 1-10-5 - Ballots; printing. - The county clerk shall have access to sufficient ballots to...

Section 1-10-6 - Ballots; name to be printed; similar names; names not to be printed. - A. In the preparation of ballots for a statewide election,...

Section 1-10-7 - Ballots; name shall appear but once; exceptions. - A. In a primary or general election, no candidate's name...

Section 1-10-7.1 - Repealed. - History: Laws 1997, ch. 93, § 1; repealed by Laws...

Section 1-10-8 - Ballots; order of offices and ballot questions. - A. In the year in which the president of the...

Section 1-10-8 - Ballots; order of offices and ballot questions. (Effective January 1, 2023.) - A. In the year in which the president of the...

Section 1-10-8.1 - Ballots; order of candidate names; party position on ballot. - A. Except as provided in this section, the order of...

Section 1-10-9 - Ballots; errors and omissions. - A. If an error or omission has occurred in the...

Section 1-10-10 - Ballots; sample. - A. The county clerk shall make available in both English...

Section 1-10-11 - Sample ballots; penalty. - The county clerk shall provide at least four sample ballots...

Section 1-10-12 - Paper ballots; general requirements. - Paper ballots shall: A. be numbered consecutively; B. be uniform...

Section 1-10-13 - Ballots; write-in candidates. - When a write-in candidate has been qualified by the proper...

Section 1-10-14 - Paper ballots; election supplies. - The secretary of state shall provide for the procurement of...

Article 10A - Ballot Positioning (Repealed.)

Section 1-10A-1 to 1-10A-3 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1994, ch. 3, § 2, repealed 1-10A-1...

Article 11 - Notices, Preparation for Elections and Election Supplies

Section 1-11-1 - Notice of election. - The county clerk shall, at least twenty-one days prior to...

Section 1-11-2 - Notice of election; contents. - The notice of election shall, as applicable: A. give notice...

Section 1-11-3 - Notice of election; publication; posting. - A. The notice of election shall be published at least...

Section 1-11-4 - Notice of election; errors and omissions. - A. The county clerk may amend the notice of election...

Section 1-11-5 - Voting device; preparation; certification. - Forty-two days before the election, the county clerk may begin...

Section 1-11-6 - Voting machines; manner of preparing. - When preparing, inspecting and sealing voting machines, the county clerk...

Section 1-11-6.1 - Electronic voting machines; testing. - All programming of vote tabulating machines shall be tested under...

Section 1-11-7 - Voting machine; certificate of preparation. - Immediately after each electronic voting machine has been prepared for...

Section 1-11-8 - Voting machines; notice of sealing. - A. At least three days before preparing any type of...

Section 1-11-9 - Repealed. - History: 1953 Comp., § 3-11-10, enacted by Laws 1969, ch....

Section 1-11-10 - Voting machines; objections to use. - Unless an objection to the use of a particular voting...

Section 1-11-11 - Election supplies; voting machines; delivery. - A. Voting machines shall be delivered to the assigned precinct...

Section 1-11-12 - Repealed. - History: 1953 Comp., § 3-11-13, enacted by Laws 1969, ch....

Section 1-11-12.1 - Repealed. - History: Laws 2005, ch. 270, § 9; 2007, ch. 336,...

Section 1-11-13 - Index of voters. - Upon the written request of a qualified political party, a...

Section 1-11-14 - Tally sheets and statements of canvass; preparation. - Prior to election day, the secretary of state shall cause...

Section 1-11-15 - Signature rosters; checklist of registered voters; tally sheets; form. - Signature rosters, checklists of registered voters and tally sheets shall...

Section 1-11-16 - Signature roster certificates; checklist of registered voter's certificates; precinct board [election board] member's oath. - The secretary of state shall prescribe the form of the...

Section 1-11-17 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1991, ch. 105, § 44 repealed 1-11-17...

Section 1-11-18 - Election supplies. - The secretary of state shall prescribe the types and number...

Section 1-11-19 - Costs of elections; local election assessment; election fund established. - A. There is created in the state treasury the "election...

Article 12 - Conduct of Elections

Section 1-12-1 - Conduct of election; opening and closing of polls. - Polls shall be opened at 7:00 a.m. on the date...

Section 1-12-2 - Conduct of election; precinct board [election board] attendance. - Precinct board [Election board] members, excepting those members scheduled to...

Section 1-12-2.1 - Precinct board [Election board] work shift option. - A. The county clerk may choose to schedule precinct board...

Section 1-12-3 - Conduct of election; precinct board [election board] duties. - The secretary of state shall prescribe the duties of the...

Section 1-12-4 - Conduct of election; maintenance of order. - A. The presiding judge and the election judges shall maintain...

Section 1-12-4.1 - Conduct of elections; suspension of certain voter identification requirements. - If on election day the amount of time voters must...

Section 1-12-5 - Conduct of election; state police; other peace officers. - A. Any member of the state police or other peace...

Section 1-12-6 - Conduct of election; memoranda of actions or omissions. - Any member of the precinct board [election board] may in...

Section 1-12-7 - Conduct of election; persons not permitted to vote. - A. A person shall not vote in a primary, general...

Section 1-12-7.1 - Voter lists; signature rosters; checklist of voters; use during election. - A. At each election day polling location, other than a...

Section 1-12-7.2 - Voter whose name is not on list or roster. - A. A voter whose name does not appear on the...

Section 1-12-7.3 - Signature rosters and checklists of voters; contents. - A. The signature roster and checklist of voters for any...

Section 1-12-7.4 - Signature roster; checklist of voters; voter list; number; distribution. - A. The county clerk shall prepare and certify the accuracy...

Section 1-12-8 - Conduct of election; provisional voting. - A. A person shall be permitted to vote on a...

Section 1-12-8.1 - Conduct of election; use of voter's receipt of certificate of registration; procedures. - If a voter whose name is not in the signature...

Section 1-12-8.2 - Conduct of election; election day delivery of absentee ballot by voter; procedures. - A. A voter who requested and received an absentee ballot...

Section 1-12-9 - Recompiled. - History: 1953 Comp., § 3-12-12, enacted by Laws 1969, ch....

Section 1-12-9.1 - Recompiled. - History: Laws 1995, ch. 198, § 15; 1978 Comp., §...

Section 1-12-10 - Conduct of election; voter's name, address and signature. - A. A voter at the polls shall announce the voter's...

Section 1-12-10.1 - Conduct of elections; voting information. - A. The secretary of state shall provide voting information, which...

Section 1-12-11 - Repealed. - History: 1953 Comp., § 3-12-14, enacted by Laws 1969, ch....

Section 1-12-12 - Conduct of election; eligibility for assistance. - A voter may request assistance in voting only if the...

Section 1-12-13 - Conduct of election; aid or assistance to voter in marking ballot. - A. When a voter who is eligible for assistance pursuant...

Section 1-12-14 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1989, ch. 259, § 3 repealed 1-12-14...

Section 1-12-15 - Conduct of election; persons who may assist voter. - A. In any election, if a voter who has requested...

Section 1-12-16 - Conduct of election; type of assistance. - Persons providing assistance to a voter may assist the voter...

Section 1-12-17 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1989, ch. 259, § 3 repealed 1-12-17...

Section 1-12-18 - Conduct of election; disclosure of vote. - An election official, a member of the precinct board [election...

Section 1-12-19 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1981, ch. 156, § 3, repealed 1-12-19...

Section 1-12-19.1 - Recompiled. - History: 1978 Comp., § 1-12-19.1, enacted by Laws 1981, ch....

Section 1-12-20 - Conduct of election; interposing challenges. - A challenge may be interposed by a member of the...

Section 1-12-21 - Conduct of election; challenges; entries. - When a challenge is interposed, the judges or election clerks...

Section 1-12-22 - Conduct of election; challenges; disposition. - Challenges shall be handled as follows: A. if the challenge...

Section 1-12-23 - Conduct of election; voting machines; instructions. - Before each voter receives a ballot, a member of the...

Section 1-12-24 - Repealed. - History: 1953 Comp., § 3-12-42, enacted by Laws 1969, ch....

Section 1-12-25 - Repealed. - History: 1953 Comp., § 3-12-43, enacted by Laws 1969, ch....

Section 1-12-25.1 - Procedures for voting on electronic vote tabulator systems. - A voter using an electronic vote tabulator system to vote...

Section 1-12-25.2 - Conduct of election; provisional voting; information to voter; status of voter's ballot. - A. If a voter is required to vote on a...

Section 1-12-25.3 - Provisional paper ballots; required information. - A. At a minimum, the following information shall be printed...

Section 1-12-25.4 - Provisional paper ballots; disposition. - A. Upon closing of the polls, provisional paper ballots shall...

Section 1-12-26 - Conduct of election; closing polls. - When the polls are closed, the precinct board [election board]...

Section 1-12-27 - Conduct of election; arrival of voter after closing time. - Any person who arrives at the polling place after the...

Section 1-12-27.1 - Conduct of election; provisional paper ballots; use when polling hours extended; disposition. - A. If polling hours are extended by court order or...

Section 1-12-28 - Conduct of election; election certificate. - Immediately upon the closing of the polls, the precinct board...

Section 1-12-29 - Conduct of election; counting and tallying; who may be present. - Only the members of the precinct board [election board], candidates...

Section 1-12-29.1 - Qualifying provisional, absentee and other paper ballots. - A. The secretary of state shall issue rules to create...

Section 1-12-30 - Conduct of election; disposition of signature roster, checklist of registered voters and machine-printed return reporting unofficial returns. - A. After all certificates have been executed, the presiding judge...

Section 1-12-30.1 - Voter lists; signature rosters; disposition after the polls close. - A. After the polls are closed, the signature roster shall...

Section 1-12-31 - Conduct of election; disposition of ballot boxes and other election materials. - A. The following election returns and materials shall not be...

Section 1-12-32 - Conduct of election; return of ballot boxes and election materials. - A. Unless the ballot box, election returns and materials are...

Section 1-12-33 - Conduct of election; office of county clerk to remain open. - The county clerk or some duly authorized deputy or assistant...

Section 1-12-34 - Conduct of election; copies of election return certificates. - Upon completion of the certificate of returns, the presiding judge...

Section 1-12-35 - Repealed. - History: 1953 Comp., § 3-12-59, enacted by Laws 1969, ch....

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2021 New Mexico Statutes Chapter 1 - Elections

2021 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 1 - Elections