AN ACT
RELATING TO ELECTIONS; REQUIRING THE COUNTY CLERK TO
REPORT TOTAL VOTES FOR EACH PRECINCT FOR ABSENTEE VOTES CAST BY MAIL, ABSENTEE
VOTES CAST IN PERSON AND VOTES CAST IN PERSON.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW
MEXICO:
Section 1. A new section of the Election Code is enacted
to read:
"ABSENTEE VOTER
RETURNS--REPORTING.--The county clerk shall report to the secretary of state
the total votes in each precinct for each candidate and ballot question as
follows:
A.
vote totals by voters who vote in person on election day;
B.
vote totals by absentee voters who vote early in person; and
C.
vote totals by absentee voters who vote by absentee ballots by
mail."
HB 986
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