As used in the Absent Voter Act:
A. "absentee" means the ability of a voter to receive, fill out and return a ballot at a place and time other than a polling location on the day of the election;
B. "early voting location" means the office of the county clerk, an alternate voting location or a mobile alternate voting location;
C. "mailed ballot" means a ballot that is sent to a voter pursuant to the provisions of the Election Code and does not include a ballot that is provided to a voter in person at an early voting location; and
D. "registered ballot" means a ballot that has been filled out by the voter and whose votes have been recorded and retained by an electronic voting system before the day of the election pursuant to the provisions of the Election Code.
History: 1978 Comp., § 1-6-1.1, enacted by Laws 2019, ch. 212, § 60.
Emergency clauses. — Laws 2019, ch. 212, § 286, contained an emergency clause and was approved April 3, 2019.
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.