A. In any election of officers of the irrigation district, a qualified elector shall be entitled to vote by absent ballot. Absent ballots shall be furnished by the secretary of the board of directors and such ballots shall be in a form prescribed by the board of directors. In addition to the absent ballot, the secretary of the board of directors shall furnish each qualified elector requesting an absent ballot an official inner envelope for use in sealing the completed absent ballot and an official outer envelope for use in returning the inner envelope to the secretary.
B. A qualified elector voting by absent ballot shall secretly mark his ballot, place it in the official inner envelope and securely seal the envelope. He shall then place the inner envelope inside the outer envelope and securely seal the envelope. The qualified elector shall then sign his name and address on the outer envelope and deliver or mail it to the secretary of the board of directors any time prior to the opening of the polls on election day.
C. Upon receipt of an absent ballot, the secretary of the board of directors shall remove the outer envelope and enter in a register the name and address of the qualified elector and the date and time the ballot was received. The secretary shall keep the inner envelope sealed and unmarked or unidentified in any manner as to the qualified elector and place it in a safe place until the opening of the polls on election day. At the time the polls open on election day, the secretary shall deliver all the sealed inner envelopes to the chairman of the election board of the precinct nearest to the office of the district. The sealed inner envelopes shall be accompanied by a signed affidavit setting forth the number of ballots received, the number of ballots delivered and a statement to the effect that the ballots delivered are in the same condition as when received.
D. Absent ballots shall be counted, tallied and canvassed as are other ballots.
History: 1953 Comp., § 75-23-11.1, enacted by Laws 1973, ch. 112, § 1.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 73 - Special Districts
Section 73-10-2 - [Water users under community ditches; voting power unaffected.]
Section 73-10-4 - [Publications to be in English and Spanish.]
Section 73-10-5 - Boundaries set by petition; divisions; election call; officers.
Section 73-10-7 - Districts 25,000 acres or less; qualified electors.
Section 73-10-9 - [First election of directors; biennial elections thereafter.]
Section 73-10-10 - [Election of officers; oath; bonds of directors.]
Section 73-10-11 - [Office of directors; notice of election; judges; time and place.]
Section 73-10-12 - [Oaths of judges; opening and closing of polls; returns.]
Section 73-10-13 - Absent voting permitted.
Section 73-10-15 - [Statement of results; certificates of election; vacancy in office of director.]
Section 73-10-20 - [Legal status of irrigation district; conveyances; court proceedings.]
Section 73-10-21 - [Plan for construction; advertising for bids; contractors bonds.]
Section 73-10-22 - [Rights-of-way over private property; eminent domain; state lands.]
Section 73-10-24 - [Water supply inadequate; distribution on alternate days.]
Section 73-10-25 - [Preservation of prior rights.]
Section 73-10-26 - [Change of boundaries; effect; assent of secretary of the interior.]
Section 73-10-27 - [Petition for inclusion of additional lands.]
Section 73-10-29 - [Hearing on petition for including lands.]
Section 73-10-34 - Authorization to sign petition or protest.
Section 73-10-35 - [Redivision of district after addition of lands; election of directors.]
Section 73-10-36 - [Exclusion of lands; status of district unaffected.]
Section 73-10-37 - [Petition to exclude lands; description of lands; acknowledgment.]
Section 73-10-39 - [Hearing on petition for excluding lands; objections.]
Section 73-10-40 - [Order granting or denying petition for excluding land; protest of electors.]
Section 73-10-41 - [Petition for exclusion of land approved; filing order and new plat.]
Section 73-10-42 - [Redivision of district after exclusion of lands; election of directors.]
Section 73-10-43 - [Petition for dissolution of district; notice of election; ballots.]
Section 73-10-47 - [Employees' pensions; group insurance; employers' liability insurance.]
Section 73-10-49 - Special water users' association; certificate of organization.
Section 73-10-50 - Special water users' association; organizational status; officers.