2015 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 1 - Elections
Section 6B Uniform Military and Overseas Voters
Section 1-6B-8 Receipt of voted military-overseas ballots from federal qualified electors.
1-6B-8. Receipt of voted military-overseas ballots from federal qualified electors.
A. A military-overseas ballot shall be considered timely if it is received by the appropriate clerk no later than the closing of the polls on election day.
B. A federal qualified elector may transmit, and the appropriate clerk shall accept, a military-overseas ballot by facsimile transmission, electronic mail delivery or other equivalent electronic delivery available to the appropriate clerk when the military-overseas ballot is sent directly by the voter to that clerk; provided that, when sending a military-overseas ballot utilizing any method described in this subsection:
(1) the federal qualified elector signs an affidavit waiving the right of secrecy of the federal qualified elector's ballot;
(2) the federal qualified elector transmits the affidavit with the military-overseas ballot; and
(3) the appropriate clerk places the received ballot in a holding envelope provided by the secretary of state for this purpose and delivers the ballot to the absent precinct board.
History: Laws 2015, ch. 145, 32.
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