2018 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 1 - Elections
Article 6 - Absentee Voting
Section 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.
The 2007 amendment, effective July 1, 2007, eliminated the requirement that the secretary of state establish procedures to ensure that absentee ballot applications can be traced to the person and organization collecting the applications; provided that a person who collects absentee ballot applications and fails to submit a completed application is guilty of a petty misdemeanor; and added Subsection C.