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New Mexico Statutes § 1-6B-8 Receipt of voted military-overseas ballots from federal qualified electors

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

Statute Text

A. A military-overseas ballot shall be considered timely if it is received by the county clerk no later than the deadline for receiving mailed ballots in Section 1-6-10 NMSA 1978.
B. A federal qualified elector may transmit, and the county clerk shall accept, a military-overseas ballot by secured electronic transmission available to the county clerk when the military-overseas ballot is sent directly by the voter to that clerk; provided that, when sending a military-overseas ballot as described in this subsection:
(1) the federal qualified elector signs an affidavit waiving the right of secrecy of the federal qualified elector's ballot;
(2) the federal qualified elector transmits the affidavit with the military-overseas ballot; and
(3) the county clerk places the received ballot in a holding envelope provided by the secretary of state for this purpose and delivers the ballot to the appropriate election board.

Source

Laws 2015 , ch. 145 , § 32 .

History

Amended by 2019 , c. 212 , s. 83 , eff. 4/3/2019 .

Added by 2015 , c. 145 , s. 32 , eff. 7/1/2015 .

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