2023 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 1 - Elections
Article 6 - Absentee Voting
Section 1-6-23 - Absent voter precinct polling place; hours on election day and subsequent days.
The county clerk or statutorily appointed supervisor of the election shall determine the hours between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. during which the absent voter precinct polling place shall be open for delivery and registering of absentee ballots on the five days preceding election day and the hours during which the absent voter precinct polling place shall be open for the delivery, registering and counting of ballots on election day and subsequent days until all ballots are counted; provided that the absent voter precinct polling place opens at 7:00 a.m. on election day.
History: 1953 Comp., § 3-6-21.1, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 255, § 95; 1977, ch. 222, § 16; 1983, ch. 232, § 7; 1999, ch. 267, § 23; 2005, ch. 270, § 54; 2007, ch. 336, § 12.
ANNOTATIONSThe 2007 amendment, effective April 2, 2007, required the county clerk to determine the hours between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. during which absent voter precinct polling places will open preceding election day and the hours during which absent voter precinct polling places will be open on election day and required that absent voter precinct polling places open at 7:00 a.m. on election day.
The 2005 amendment, effective July 1, 2005, provided that the county clerk or supervisor of the election shall determine the hours when the absent voter precinct shall be open for registering of absentee ballots on the five days preceding election day and the delivery and registering of ballots.
The 1999 amendment, effective June 18, 1999, added "and subsequent days" at the end of the section heading; added the language ending "election shall determine" at the beginning; and substituted the language beginning "on election day and subsequent days" for "shall be set by the county clerk or statutorily appointed supervisor of the election" at the end.
