2016 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 1 - Elections
Article 6 - Absentee Voting
Section 1-6-4.3 - Third party agents collecting absentee ballot applications.
1-6-4.3. Third party agents collecting absentee ballot applications.
A. A person or organization that is not part of a government agency and that collects absentee ballot applications shall submit the applications to the appropriate office for filing within forty-eight hours of their completion or the next business day if the appropriate office is closed for that forty-eight-hour period.
B. A person who collects absentee ballot applications and fails to submit a voter's completed absentee ballot application is guilty of a petty misdemeanor.
C. A person who intentionally alters another voter's completed absentee ballot application is guilty of a fourth degree felony.
History: Laws 2005, ch. 270, 41; 2007, ch. 337, 9.
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