Voting systems certified for use in state elections shall:
A. accept a ballot that is a minimum of six inches wide and a maximum of twenty-four inches long, in dual columns and printed on both sides;
B. accept a ballot in any orientation when inserted by a voter;
C. have the capability to reject a ballot on which a voter has made more than the allowable number of selections in any contest;
D. be designed to accommodate the maximum number of ballot styles or ballot variations encountered in the largest New Mexico election jurisdiction; and
E. be able to read a single ballot with at least four hundred twenty voting positions.
History: Laws 2010, ch. 28, § 8.
Emergency clauses. — Laws 2010, ch. 28, § 24 contained an emergency clause and was approved March 3, 2010.
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.