HOUSE BILL 57

54th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2019

INTRODUCED BY

Gail Chasey and Bill B. O'Neill

AN ACT

RELATING TO ELECTIONS; REPEALING CANCELLATION OF VOTING REGISTRATION AFTER FELONY CONVICTION.

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

     SECTION 1. Section 1-4-24 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1969, Chapter 240, Section 80, as amended) is amended to read:

     "1-4-24. CANCELLATION OF REGISTRATION--COUNTY CLERK--GROUNDS.--The county clerk shall cancel certificates of registration for the following reasons:

          A. death of the voter;

          B. legal insanity of the voter;

          [C. a felony conviction of the voter;

          D.] C. at the request of the voter; or

          [E.] D. at the direction of the board of registration."

     SECTION 2. REPEAL.--Section 1-4-27.1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2001, Chapter 46, Section 1, as amended) is repealed.

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