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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
A. For each statewide election, the county clerk shall keep an “absentee ballot register”, in which the county clerk shall enter:
(1) the name and address of each absentee ballot applicant;
(2) the date of receipt of the application;
(3) whether the application was accepted or rejected;
(4) the date of issue of an absentee ballot at an early voting location or the mailing of an absentee ballot to the applicant;
(5) the applicant's precinct;
(6) whether the applicant is a voter and whether the voter is a uniformed-service voter or an overseas voter;
(7) whether the voter is required to submit documentary identification pursuant to Section 1-6-5 NMSA 1978; and
(8) the date the completed mailed ballot was received from the voter by the county clerk or the absent voter registered a ballot early in person in the county clerk's office or at an alternate location.
B. For each special election, the county clerk shall keep a “mailed ballot register”, in which the county clerk shall enter:
(1) the name and address of each voter to whom a mailed ballot was sent;
(2) the date of mailing of a mailed ballot to the voter;
(3) the applicant's precinct;
(4) whether the voter is a uniformed-service voter or an overseas voter;
(5) whether the voter is required to submit a documentary identification pursuant to Section 1-6-5 NMSA 1978; and
(6) the date and time the completed mailed ballot was received from the voter by the county clerk.
C. Each ballot register is a public record open to public inspection in the county clerk's office during regular office hours. The county clerk shall have an updated ballot register available for public inspection Monday through Friday during regular office hours.
D. The county clerk shall deliver to the absent voter election board on election day a complete list of all absentee ballot applicants and early voters with applicable information shown in the absentee ballot register for each applicant and early voter up to 6:00 p.m. on the Saturday preceding a statewide election. The county clerk shall deliver a signature roster containing the same information as the lists to the absent voter election board.
E. Upon request by a candidate, a political committee or the state or county chair of a political party represented on the ballot in an election, the secretary of state or county clerk shall transmit without charge to an electronic address provided in the request a complete copy of entries made in the absentee ballot register statewide or in the county. Such transmissions shall be made daily beginning four weeks immediately prior to the election through the Saturday immediately following the election.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - New Mexico Statutes Chapter 1. Elections § 1-6-6. Ballot register - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/nm/chapter-1-elections/nm-st-sect-1-6-6/
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