2013 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 1 - Elections
Article 9 - Voting Machines
Section 1-9-7.1 - Voting system; use of paper ballot. (2010)

A.   All voting systems used in elections covered by the Election Code [Chapter 1 NMSA 1978] shall use a paper ballot on which the voter physically or electronically marks the voter's choices on the ballot itself. 

B.   The secretary of state shall purchase the paper ballots for all counties to use for primary and general elections. If a system designed to print ballots at a polling location is certified and the voting system certification committee finds that its use in a polling place would result in cost savings, the secretary of state shall acquire such systems and paper ballot stock in lieu of fully preprinted paper ballots for those polling places where cost savings would be realized. 

C.   The paper ballot shall be used in a recount proceeding, and in case of a discrepancy, the paper ballot shall be considered the true and correct record of the voter's choices.