Systems designed to print ballots at polling locations shall provide the general capabilities for ballot preparation and shall be capable of:
A. enabling the automatic formatting of ballots in accordance with the requirements of the Election Code, as amended from time to time, for offices, candidates and questions qualified to be placed on the ballot for each political subdivision and election district;
B. supporting the maximum number of potentially active voting positions;
C. generating ballots for a primary election that segregate the choices in partisan contests by party affiliation;
D. generating ballots that contain identifying codes or marks uniquely associated with each format;
E. ensuring that voting response fields properly align with the specific candidate names or questions printed on the ballot;
F. generating ballots that can be tabulated by all certified voting systems in the state;
G. generating a ballot for an individual voter based on voter registration data provided by state or county;
H. functionality in absentee, early and election day voting environments;
I. providing absentee ballot tracking ability;
J. uniform allocation of space and fonts used for each office, candidate and question such that the voter perceives no active voting position to be preferred to any other;
K. rendering the ballot in any of the written languages required by the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended;
L. conformity with optical scan vote tabulator vendor specifications for type of paper stock, weight, size and shape; size and location of voting positions used to record votes; folding; bleed-through; and ink for printing; and
M. interfacing with the statewide voter file for the exchange of data.
History: Laws 2011, ch. 137, § 66.
Effective dates. — Laws 2011, ch. 137, § 111 made Laws 2011, ch. 137, § 66 effective July 1, 2011.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Section 1-9-1 - Secretary of state; duties; voting system defined.
Section 1-9-5 - Requirement to use voting systems; sufficient check-in stations and voting booths.
Section 1-9-6 - Voting systems; use in other elections.
Section 1-9-7 - Voting systems; acquisition.
Section 1-9-7.1 - Voting system; use of paper ballot; access for blind or visually impaired voters.
Section 1-9-7.2 - Voting systems; testing of previously certified systems.
Section 1-9-7.3 - Voting systems records.
Section 1-9-7.4 - Voting systems; authority of the secretary of state to recertify and decertify.
Section 1-9-7.5 - Voting systems; voting system certification committee; members.
Section 1-9-7.6 - Voting systems; storage; custody and maintenance; authority to enforce.
Section 1-9-7.7 - Voting systems; technical requirements.
Section 1-9-7.8 - Voting systems; operational requirements.
Section 1-9-7.9 - Voting systems; memory; removable storage media device; requirements.
Section 1-9-7.10 - Voting systems; ballot handling and processing requirements.
Section 1-9-7.11 - Voting systems; source code; escrow.
Section 1-9-13 - Voting system technicians.
Section 1-9-14 - Voting systems; authority of the secretary of state to test; certification.
Section 1-9-17 - Additional voting systems; state board of finance; lease-purchase contract; terms.
Section 1-9-18 - Electronic voting systems; method of payment by counties.
Section 1-9-19 - Voting system revolving fund.
Section 1-9-21 - Systems designed to print ballots at polling locations; security requirements.