HOUSE BILL 19
47th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2005
INTRODUCED BY
Justine Fox-Young
AN ACT
RELATING TO ELECTIONS; REQUIRING THAT ABSENTEE BALLOTS BE SENT TO FEDERAL AND OVERSEAS VOTERS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE; RECONCILING MULTIPLE AMENDMENTS BY REPEALING LAWS 2003, CHAPTER 356, SECTION 18.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
Section 1. Section 1-6-4 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1969, Chapter 240, Section 130, as amended by Laws 2003, Chapter 356, Section 18 and by Laws 2003, Chapter 357, Section 1) is amended to read:
"1-6-4. ABSENTEE BALLOT APPLICATION--FEDERAL QUALIFIED ELECTOR--OVERSEAS VOTER.--
A. Application by a federal qualified elector or an overseas voter for an absentee ballot shall be made on the official postcard form prescribed or authorized by the federal government to the county clerk of the county of his residence. The form shall allow the applicant to receive an absentee ballot for all elections within an election cycle.
B. Application by a voter for an absentee ballot shall be made only on a form prescribed by the secretary of state. The form shall identify the applicant and contain information to establish his qualification for issuance of an absentee ballot under the Absent Voter Act; provided that on the application form for a general election ballot there shall be no box, space or place provided for designation of the voter's political party affiliation. [The form shall allow the applicant to receive an absentee ballot for all elections within an election cycle.]
C. Each application for an absentee ballot shall be subscribed by the applicant.
D. An application for an absentee ballot by a federal qualified elector or an overseas voter shall be accepted at any time preceding the general election, and absentee ballots shall be sent to a federal qualified elector or overseas voter as soon as possible after a request is received."
Section 2. REPEAL.--Laws 2003, Chapter 356, Section 18 is repealed.
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