Chapter 1, Article 6 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the "Absent Voter Act".
History: 1953 Comp., § 3-6-1, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 240, § 127; 2018, ch. 79, § 6.
Cross references. — For constitutional provision as to absentee voting laws, see N.M. Const., art. VII, § 1.
For absentee voting in municipal elections, see 3-9-1 NMSA 1978 et seq.
The 2018 amendment, effective July 1, 2018, changed "Sections 1-6-1 through 1-6-18 NMSA 1978" to "Chapter 1, Article 6 NMSA 1978".
Provisions are applicable to local option district elections, thereby directing the absentee voting procedures to be followed in such elections. 1977 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 77-17.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 26 Am. Jur. 2d Elections § 355 et seq.
Voting by persons in military service, 140 A.L.R. 1100, 147 A.L.R. 1443, 148 A.L.R. 1402, 149 A.L.R. 1466, 150 A.L.R. 1460, 151 A.L.R. 1464, 152 A.L.R. 1459, 153 A.L.R. 1434, 154 A.L.R. 1459, 155 A.L.R. 1459.
Military establishments, state voting rights of residents of, 34 A.L.R.2d 1193.
Absentee voters' laws: validity of, 97 A.L.R.2d 218.
Absentee voters' laws: construction and effect of, 97 A.L.R.2d 257.
29 C.J.S. Elections §§ 210(1), 210(2).
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Section 1-6-1 - Absent Voter Act; short title.
Section 1-6-1.1 - Definitions.
Section 1-6-3 - Right to vote absentee.
Section 1-6-4 - Mailed ballot application.
Section 1-6-4.3 - Third party agents collecting applications for mailed ballots.
Section 1-6-5 - Processing application; issuance of ballot.
Section 1-6-5.6 - Early voting; alternate voting locations; procedures.
Section 1-6-5.8 - Early voting; Native American early voting locations.
Section 1-6-6 - Ballot register.
Section 1-6-8 - Mailed ballot envelopes.
Section 1-6-9 - Mailed ballots; manner of voting; delivery methods.
Section 1-6-9.2 - Preparation of electronic voting machines.
Section 1-6-10 - Receipt of mailed ballots by clerk.
Section 1-6-10.1 - Absentee ballot; delivery to county clerk.
Section 1-6-11 - Delivery of absentee ballots to absent voter precincts.
Section 1-6-14 - Handling mailed ballots.
Section 1-6-15 - Canvass; recount or recheck; disposition.
Section 1-6-16 - Mailed ballots; replacement and provisional paper ballots.
Section 1-6-16.2 - Additional emergency procedure for voting.
Section 1-6-20 - Creation of absent voter precinct.
Section 1-6-22 - Designation of absent voter precinct polling place.
Section 1-6-22.1 - Mail ballot election precinct; absentee voting in lieu of polling place.
Section 1-6-23 - Absent voter precinct polling place; hours on election day and subsequent days.