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New Mexico Statutes § 1-6B-10 Use of federal write-in absentee ballot; qualification

⤴ Up to Article 6B: Uniform Military and Overseas Voters

Statute Text

A. A federal qualified elector may use a federal write-in absentee ballot to vote for all offices and ballot questions in an election.
B. In completing the federal write-in absentee ballot, the federal qualified elector may designate a candidate by writing in the name of the candidate. In a general election when voting for a specified office, a federal qualified elector may in the alternate complete the federal write-in absentee ballot by writing in the name of a political party, in which case the ballot shall be counted for the candidate of that political party.
C. A qualified federal write-in absentee ballot shall be processed during the county canvass in the same manner as a provisional ballot. A federal write-in absentee ballot from a federal qualified elector shall not be qualified if the federal qualified elector voted on any other type of ballot. A federal write-in absentee ballot of an overseas voter shall not be qualified if the ballot is submitted from any location in the United States.

Source

Laws 2015 , ch. 145 , § 34 .

History

Amended by 2023 , c. 39 , s. 38 , eff. 6/13/2023 .

Amended by 2019 , c. 212 , s. 85 , eff. 4/3/2019 .

Added by 2015 , c. 145 , s. 34 , eff. 7/1/2015 .

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