A. Prior to each election, the administrator shall assign to each voter-participant eligible to vote in that election a random identifier and a verification code for use in that election only.
B. In the mailed absentee ballot or mailed ballot process, the random identifier shall be used in place of the voter-participant's required voter identification and the verification code shall be used in place of the voter-participant's signature.
C. At the same time a ballot is mailed to a voter-participant, the administrator shall separately send the voter-participant the verification code assigned to the voter-participant for that election, along with instructions to place the verification code where a voter normally provides a signature under the privacy flap of a mailed absentee ballot or mailed ballot.
History: Laws 2019, ch. 226, § 5.
Effective dates. — Laws 2019, ch. 226, § 13 made Laws 2019, ch. 226, § 5 effective July 1, 2019.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
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Section 1-6C-4 - Voter records; certification; decertification; cancellation.
Section 1-6C-5 - Random identifier and verification code.
Section 1-6C-6 - Transmission of ballots to voter-participants.
Section 1-6C-7 - Receipt of voted ballots from voter-participants.