The secretary of state, upon the recommendation of the voting system certification committee, shall implement an electronic free-access system by which a federal qualified elector may determine by telephone, electronic mail or internet whether the federal qualified elector's:
A. federal postcard application or other registration or military-overseas ballot application has been received and accepted; and
B. military-overseas ballot has been received and the current status of the ballot.
History: Laws 2015, ch. 145, § 35.
Effective dates. — Laws 2015, ch. 145, § 103 made Laws 2015, ch. 145, § 35 effective January 1, 2018.
Applicability. — Laws 2015, ch. 145, § 102 provided that the Uniform Military and Overseas Voters Act is applicable to any federal postcard application received as of the first day of the current election cycle.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Article 6B - Uniform Military and Overseas Voters
Section 1-6B-5 - Methods of registering to vote.
Section 1-6B-7 - Transmission of unvoted military-overseas ballots to federal qualified electors.
Section 1-6B-8 - Receipt of voted military-overseas ballots from federal qualified electors.
Section 1-6B-9 - Emergency response providers.
Section 1-6B-10 - Use of federal write-in absentee ballot; qualification.
Section 1-6B-11 - Confirmation of receipt of application and voted ballot.
Section 1-6B-12 - Use of voter's electronic-mail address.
Section 1-6B-13 - Prohibition of nonsubstantive requirements.
Section 1-6B-14 - Absentee ballots; reports.
Section 1-6B-15 - Equitable relief.
Section 1-6B-16 - Uniformity of application and construction.
Section 1-6B-17 - Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.