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2025 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 1 - Elections
Article 5 - Voter Records System
Section 1-5-21 - Data processor; custody and protection of voter file; delivery of voter file and program records.

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NM Stat § 1-5-21 (2025)
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A. The designated data processor shall provide the secretary of state, county clerk or county with data processing services in the implementation and maintenance of the Voter Records System Act and in carrying out such other services as are reasonably related to providing data processing of the voter records system.

B. The designated data processor shall preserve and safeguard voter files and voter registration system software from loss, damage, unauthorized alteration, unauthorized access and unauthorized reproduction and shall ensure their continued use and accessibility while they are in the data processor's custody.

C. No copies of the voter file or information or listings derived therefrom shall be furnished by the data processor to any person other than the secretary of state, the county clerk or their designated agents.

History: 1953 Comp., § 3-5-26, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 255, § 75; 1989, ch. 392, § 9; 2005, ch. 270, § 32.

ANNOTATIONS

The 2005 amendment, effective July 1, 2005, in Subsection A, provided that the data processor shall provide the services to the secretary of state; in Subsection B, deleted the former provision which provided that the data processor shall be responsible for the identification of the voter files and program records and their parts, and provided that the data processor shall preserve and safeguard voter files and voter registration system software; in Subsection C, provided that the data processor may provide voter file and information to the secretary of state; deleted former Subsection D, which provided that the data processor shall provide county clerks with data processing services to implement the unofficial election canvassing system; deleted former Subsection E, which provided that the unofficial election canvassing system shall be tested by the secretary of state; and deleted former Subsection F, which provided that the secretary of state shall certify the unofficial election canvassing system.

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