The secretary of state shall:
A. assist county clerks by devising uniform procedures and forms that are compatible with the voter registration electronic management system;
B. provide to each county clerk the computer software necessary for the use and maintenance of the voter registration electronic management system;
C. provide to each county clerk, through an agreement with the motor vehicle division of the taxation and revenue department, access to the division's driver's license database for the purpose of verifying voter registrations, processing absentee ballots and qualifying provisional ballots; and
D. adopt such rules as are necessary to establish and administer the voter registration electronic management system and to regulate the use of the driver's license database by county clerks.
History: Laws 1989, ch. 298, § 2; 2005, ch. 270, § 39; 2015, ch. 145, § 24.
The 2015 amendment, effective July 1, 2015, provided new duties for the secretary of state in assisting county clerks in verifying voter registrations and processing absentee ballots and qualifying provisional ballots, and required the secretary of state to adopt rules to establish and administer the voter registration electronic management system and to regulate the use of the driver's license database by county clerks; in Subsection A, after "compatible with the", deleted "statewide computerized", and after "registration", added "electronic management"; in Subsection B, after "maintenance of the", deleted "statewide computerized", after "voter registration", added "electronic management", and after system;", deleted "and"; added a new Subsection C and redesignated former Subsection C as Subsection D; and in Subsection D, after "such rules", deleted "and regulations", after "administer the", deleted "statewide computerized", after "voter registration", added "electronic management", after "system and to", deleted "require deadlines and time limits for the updating of voter files" and added "regulate the use of the driver's license database by count clerks".
The 2005 amendment, effective July 1, 2005, in Subsection B, deleted the requirement that the secretary of state develop computer software; and in Subsection C, deleted the provision that the secretary of state adopt rules and regulations to provide for the update of voter files at each polling place for the next election.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Article 5 - Voter Records System
Section 1-5-3 - Act is mandatory and supplemental to Election Code.
Section 1-5-4 - County register; establishment.
Section 1-5-5 - Entry of data into data processing system; county register; maintenance.
Section 1-5-6 - Precinct voter lists; signature roster preparation.
Section 1-5-14 - File maintenance reports; voter file updates.
Section 1-5-16 - Voter file; duplicate voter file; storage; protection.
Section 1-5-17 - Voter registration system software; instructions; status; protection.
Section 1-5-18 - List and roster preparation; compatible duplicate means.
Section 1-5-22 - Unlawful disposition of voter file; penalty.
Section 1-5-26 - Contractual agreement required with data processor.
Section 1-5-30 - Secretary of state; voter registration electronic management system.