SENATE BILL 163

53rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2017

INTRODUCED BY

Cliff R. Pirtle

AN ACT

RELATING TO ELECTIONS; REQUIRING REGISTRATION AGENTS TO BE REGISTERED TO VOTE IN NEW MEXICO.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

     SECTION 1. Section 1-1-16.1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2005, Chapter 270, Section 3) is amended to read:

     "1-1-16.1. REGISTRATION AGENT.--As used in the Election Code, "registration agent" means a state or federal employee who provides voter registration at a state agency, or a tribal registration agent office, or any other individual who is a qualified elector registered to vote in the state and who assists another person in completion of a voter registration application."

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