2016 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 1 - Elections
Article 5 - Voter Records System
Section 1-5-2 - Definitions.

1-5-2. Definitions.

As used in the Election Code [Chapter 1 NMSA 1978]:

A. "county" means any county in this state;

B. "county register" means an official file of original certificates of registration of the county or any of its precincts;

C. "county voter list" means a voter list arranged in alphabetical order of voter surname within and for each county;

D. "data processor" means a data processing facility and its associated employees and agents contracted to provide data processing services required by the Voter Records System Act;

E. "data recording media" means a manual, electronic or other device containing data capable of being read and processed by any means for the eventual preparation of voter lists;

F. "election campaign purposes" means relating in any way to a campaign in an election conducted by a federal, state or local government;

G. "file maintenance list" means any prepared listing that reflects additions, deletions or changes to the voter file;

H. "governmental purposes" means noncommercial purposes relating in any way to the structure, operation or decision making of a federal, state or local government;

I. "mailing labels" mean prepared mailing labels of selected voters arranged in the order in which requested and providing only the name and address of the voter;

J. "precinct voter list" means a voter list arranged in alphabetical order of voter surname within and for each precinct;

K. "signature roster" means a copy of a voter list with space provided opposite each voter's name for the voter's signature or witnessed mark;

L. "special voter list" means a prepared list of selected voters arranged in the order in which requested;

M. "voter data" means selected information derived from the voter file;

N. "voter file" means all voter registration information required by law and by the secretary of state that has been extracted from the certificate of registration of each voter in the county, stored on data recording media and certified by the county clerk as the source of all information required by the Voter Records System Act; and

O. "voter list" means any prepared list of voters.

History: 1953 Comp., 3-5-2, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 240, 104; 1975, ch. 255, 63; 1985, ch. 77, 1; 1987, ch. 249, 14; 1989, ch. 392, 7; 1993, ch. 314, 32; 1993, ch. 316, 32; 1993, ch. 363, 1; 1995, ch. 166, 1; 2001, ch. 146, 1; 2005, ch. 270, 24.