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2017 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 1 - Elections
Article 6 - Absentee Voting
Section 1-6-5.4 - Security; counting and canvassing.
Universal Citation: NM Stat § 1-6-5.4 (2017)
1-6-5.4. Security; counting and canvassing.
A. The secretary of state shall adopt rules for protecting the integrity, security and secrecy of the absentee ballots; procedures for voting by absentee ballot; separation of absentee ballots voted on electronic voting machines twenty days before the election from those received through the mail; disposition of absentee ballots rejected by a voting machine; and handling of, registering, counting and canvassing of absentee ballots.
B. As used in Chapter 1, Article 6 NMSA 1978, "registering of absentee ballots" means inserting the paper absentee ballot into an electronic voting system for recording and retention.
History: Laws 1999, ch. 267, 3; 2005, ch. 270, 44.
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