2016 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 1 - Elections
Article 22 - School Election Law
Section 1-22-19 - Absentee voting.
1-22-19. Absentee voting.
A. A voter may vote in a school district election by absentee ballot for all candidates and on all questions appearing on the ballot in the voter's precinct as if the voter were casting the ballot in person at the polling place on election day.
B. The provisions of the Absent Voter Act [1-6-1 through 1-6-18 NMSA 1978] apply to absentee voting in school district elections, provided that absentee ballots may be marked in person during the regular hours and days of business at the county clerk's office from 8:00 a.m. on the twenty-fifth day preceding the election until 5:00 p.m. on the Friday immediately prior to the date of the election. Absentee ballots shall be printed at least thirty days prior to the date of the election. In addition, provisions may be made by the board in the proclamation for absentee voting by electronic voting machine at alternate voting locations at any time beginning on the twentieth day preceding an election through the Saturday immediately prior to the date of the election.
C. A regular precinct board may be designated to serve as the absent voter precinct board. A member of the absent voter precinct board shall receive the same compensation as a regular precinct board member. A regular precinct board member who also serves as a member of the absent voter precinct board shall not be entitled to extra compensation for serving on the absent voter precinct board.
History: 1978 Comp., 1-22-19, enacted by Laws 1985, ch. 168, 21; 1987, ch. 249, 51; 1999, ch. 267, 35; 2015, ch. 145, 86.
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