AN ACT
RELATING TO ELECTIONS; ALLOWING FOR
HAND TALLYING OF BALLOTS ON APPROVED COMPUTER SYSTEMS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF
THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
Section 1. Section 1-11-14 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1969,
Chapter 240, Section 224, as amended) is amended to read:
"1-11-14. TALLY SHEETS AND STATEMENTS OF
CANVASS--PREPARATION.--Prior to election day, the secretary of state shall
cause to be printed in the tally sheets and statements of canvass, in the
proper places and under the proper designations, the names of all candidates
appearing on the official ballot. The
secretary shall approve a county's use of computer-based tally sheets if the
county submits the software program to be used for tallying to the secretary at
least sixty days prior to the election and the secretary determines that the
program is acceptable for the proposed use."
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