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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T

SPONSOR Foley

ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

2/5/08

HM 51

SHORT TITLE Investigate Voting System Contract

SB

ANALYST Ortiz

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY08

FY09

NFI

NFI

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

Association of County Clerks (ACC)

Secretary of State (SOS)

No Responses Received From

Attorney General’s Office (AGO)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

House Memorial 51 requests the Attorney General investigate the terms of and process by which

the purchase and maintenance contracts were entered into with ES&S by the state, including a

full audit of all contributions by and expenses of ES&S in the state

SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

The Association of County Clerks notes that ES&S has stated it will no longer train voting

machine technicians, NMSA 1-2-5 requires the Secretary of State to conduct election seminars,

including but not limited to, training voting machine technicians and NMSA 1-2-1.1 requires the

Attorney General assist the Secretary of State to enforce the provision of the Election Code.

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