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AN ACT
RELATING TO ELECTIONS; REQUIRING COUNTY CLERKS TO PROVIDE AN
ALTERNATE EARLY VOTING LOCATION ON INDIAN NATION, TRIBAL OR
PUEBLO LANDS WHEN REQUESTED BY THE INDIAN NATION, TRIBE OR
PUEBLO.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
Section 1. Section 1-6-5.6 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2003,
Chapter 357, Section 6, as amended) is amended to read:
"1-6-5.6. EARLY VOTING--ALTERNATE VOTING LOCATIONS--
PROCEDURES.--The secretary of state shall adopt rules to:
A. ensure that voters have adequate access to
alternate locations for early voting in each county, taking
into consideration population density and travel time to the
location of voting;
B. ensure that early voters are not allowed to
vote in person on election day;
C. ensure that adequate interpreters are available
at alternate early voting locations in those precincts having
a majority of qualified electors who are part of a recognized
language minority;
D. allow for mobile alternate voting locations in
rural areas of the state; and
E. require county clerks to provide at least one
alternate early voting location on Indian nation, tribal or