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2020 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 1 - Elections
Article 12 - Conduct of Elections
Section 1-12-29.1 - Qualifying provisional, absentee and other paper ballots.
Universal Citation: NM Stat § 1-12-29.1 (2020)
A. The secretary of state shall issue rules to create a uniform process and set of criteria for deciding if provisional, absentee and other paper ballots shall be counted.
B. When qualifying provisional, absentee and other paper ballots, middle initials, suffixes and addresses shall not be dispositive as to whether that person's ballot is qualified and counted in the vote totals, provided that the county clerk can otherwise verify the person is a voter based on the information provided on the outer envelope of the paper ballot or affidavit.
History: Laws 2005, ch. 270, § 61.
ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2005, ch. 270, § 81 made Laws 2005, ch. 270, § 61 effective July 1, 2005.
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