0001|                           HOUSE BILL 1313
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0002|     43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997
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0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0004|                          EDWARD C. SANDOVAL
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0009|     
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0010|                                AN ACT
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0011|     RELATING TO ELECTIONS; ENACTING THE CENTRALIZED VOTER
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0012|     REGISTRATION SYSTEM ACT; REPEALING THE AUTOMATED VOTER RECORDS
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0013|     SYSTEM ACT; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION.
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0014|     
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0015|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0016|          Section 1.  Effective July 1, 1998, Section 1-5-1 NMSA
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0017|     1978 (being Laws 1969, Chapter 240, Section 103, as amended) is
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0018|     repealed and a new Section 1-5-1 NMSA 1978 is enacted to read:
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0019|          "1-5-1.  [<u>NEW MATERIAL</u>]  SHORT TITLE.--Chapter 1,
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0020|     Article 5 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the "Centralized Voter
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0021|     Registration System Act"."
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0022|          Section 2.  Effective July 1, 1998, Section 1-5-2 NMSA
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0023|     1978 (being Laws 1969, Chapter 240, Section 104, as amended) is
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0024|     repealed and a new Section 1-5-2 NMSA 1978 is enacted to read:
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0025|          "1-5-2.  [<u>NEW MATERIAL</u>]  DEFINITIONS.--As used in the
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0001|     Centralized Voter Registration System Act: 
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0002|               A.  "county" means any county in this state;
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0003|               B.  "county register" means an official file of
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0004|     original certificates of registration of the county arranged in
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0005|     alphabetical order by voter surname;
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0006|               C.  "duplicate master record" means an exact
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0007|     duplicate of all data stored on the centralized voter
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0008|     registration system database;
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0009|               D.  "voter list" means a list of registered voters
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0010|     prepared by the county clerk for purposes of an election;
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0011|               E.  "signature roster" means a voter list with space
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0012|     provided opposite each voter's name for the voter's signature
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0013|     or witnessed mark;
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0014|               F.  "centralized voter registration system" means
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0015|     the computers and computer data maintained and operated by the
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0016|     secretary of state and the county clerk in each county;
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0017|               G.  "voter record" means all information extracted
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0018|     from a voter's certificate of registration and transferred to
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0019|     the central voter registration system database by the county
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0020|     clerk and any additional information pertaining to that voter
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0021|     included by the county clerk in the system's database;
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0022|               H.  "mailing labels" means printed labels used for
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0023|     mailing purposes of selected voters arranged in the order in
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0024|     which requested providing the names and addresses of voters
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0025|     from the centralized voter registration system;
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0001|               I.  "special voter list" means a list of selected
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0002|     voters arranged in the order in which requested from the
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0003|     centralized voter registration system;
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0004|               J.  "statistical data" means information derived
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0005|     from the centralized voter registration system;
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0006|               K.  "voter data" means selected information derived
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0007|     from the centralized voter registration system;
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0008|               L.  "file maintenance list" means a list that
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0009|     reflects additions, deletions or changes to any voter record in
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0010|     the centralized voter registration system;
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0011|               M.  "precinct voter list" means a list of voters
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0012|     arranged in alphabetical order by voter surname within and for
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0013|     a precinct; and
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0014|               N.  "county voter list" means a list of voters
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0015|     arranged in alphabetical order by voter surname within and for
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0016|     a county."
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0017|          Section 3.  Effective July 1, 1998, Section 1-5-3 NMSA
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0018|     1978 (being Laws 1969, Chapter 240, Section 105, as amended) is
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0019|     repealed and a new Section 1-5-3 NMSA 1978 is enacted to read:
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0020|          "1-5-3.  [<u>NEW MATERIAL</u>]  MANDATORY COMPLIANCE--SECRETARY
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0021|     OF STATE TO ADMINISTER.--
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0022|               A.  Compliance with the Centralized Voter
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0023|     Registration System Act is mandatory and supplemental to the
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0024|     provisions of the Election Code.
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0025|               B.  The secretary of state shall administer the
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0001|     Centralized Voter Registration System Act and shall prescribe
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0002|     any regulations, forms, procedures and instructions necessary
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0003|     for the orderly transition to and the efficient implementation
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0004|     of the provisions of the Centralized Voter Registration System
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0005|     Act. 
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0006|               C.  The secretary of state and each county clerk
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0007|     shall maintain records containing all requests by the public
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0008|     for special voter lists, mailing labels, statistical data,
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0009|     voter data, precinct voter lists and county voter lists.  The
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0010|     records shall indicate the requesting party, the date of the
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0011|     request, the date of fulfilling the request, charges made and
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0012|     any other information required by the secretary of state. 
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0013|     Requests for registration lists shall be fulfilled within a
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0014|     period of ten working days.
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0015|               D.  All registration records required by the
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0016|     Election Code shall be included as part of and maintained by
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0017|     the centralized voter registration system."
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0018|          Section 4.  Effective July 1, 1998, Section 1-5-4 NMSA
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0019|     1978 (being Laws 1969, Chapter 240, Section 106) is repealed
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0020|     and a new Section 1-5-4 NMSA 1978 is enacted to read:
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0021|          "1-5-4.  [<u>NEW MATERIAL</u>]  COUNTY REGISTER--
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0022|     ESTABLISHMENT.--
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0023|     The county clerk shall establish and maintain a county
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0024|     register.  The county register shall be filed in fire-resistant
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0025|     files and maintained in a secure manner in the office of the
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0001|     county clerk.  The files containing the county register shall
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0002|     be arranged to provide ready and convenient access and shall be
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0003|     kept locked except when being used by authorized persons in
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0004|     accordance with the Election Code."
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0005|          Section 5.  Effective July 1, 1998, Section 1-5-5 NMSA
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0006|     1978 (being Laws 1969, Chapter 240, Section 107, as amended) is
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0007|     repealed and a new Section 1-5-5 NMSA 1978 is enacted to read:
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0008|          "1-5-5.  [<u>NEW MATERIAL</u>]  ENTRY OF DATA INTO CENTRALIZED
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0009|     VOTER REGISTRATION SYSTEM.--
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0010|               A.  The county clerk, upon receipt and acceptance of
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0011|     a properly completed certificate of registration within the
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0012|     period prescribed for registration, shall immediately enter in
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0013|     the proper space thereon the precinct of the voter.
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0014|               B.  The county clerk shall cause the registration
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0015|     information of every registered voter in the county to be
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0016|     entered into the centralized voter registration system in
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0017|     accordance with any rules or procedures prescribed by the
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0018|     secretary of state.
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0019|               C.  After entry of data into the centralized voter
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0020|     registration system, the county clerk shall file the original
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0021|     certificate of registration alphabetically in the county
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0022|     register.
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0023|               D.  A certificate of registration shall not be
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0024|     removed from the county register pursuant to a cancellation of
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0025|     registration until the county clerk has entered into the
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0001|     centralized voter registration system all deletions and
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0002|     changes."
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0003|          Section 6.  Effective July 1, 1998, Section 1-5-6 NMSA
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0004|     1978 (being Laws 1969, Chapter 240, Section 108, as amended) is
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0005|     repealed and a new Section 1-5-6 NMSA 1978 is enacted to read:
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0006|          "1-5-6.  [<u>NEW MATERIAL</u>]  VOTER LISTS--SIGNATURE
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0007|     ROSTERS.--The county clerk shall provide for computer generated
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0008|     voter lists and signature rosters for all precincts within the
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0009|     county from the centralized voter registration system.  The
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0010|     voter lists and signature rosters shall be used at any election
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0011|     for which registration of voters is required."
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0012|          Section 7.  Effective July 1, 1998, Section 1-5-7 NMSA
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0013|     1978 (being Laws 1969, Chapter 240, Section 109, as amended) is
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0014|     repealed and a new Section 1-5-7 NMSA 1978 is enacted to read:
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0015|          "1-5-7.  [<u>NEW MATERIAL</u>]  VOTER LISTS--SIGNATURE ROSTERS-
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0016|     -CONTENT.--
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0017|               A.  The voter lists and signature rosters for any
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0018|     precinct shall contain for each voter, as shown on his
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0019|     certificate of registration:
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0020|                    (1)  his name;
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0021|                    (2)  his gender;
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0022|                    (3)  his residence address;
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0023|                    (4)  his mailing address;
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0024|                    (5)  his social security number;
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0025|                    (6)  his year of birth;
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0001|                    (7)  his party affiliation, if any; and
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0002|                    (8)  his precinct of residence.
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0003|               B.  In addition, the names on each voter list and
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0004|     signature roster shall be numbered consecutively beginning with
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0005|     the number "1".
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0006|               C.  On each page of each voter list and on each
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0007|     signature roster there shall be printed the page number and the
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0008|     date and name of the election for which they are to be used."
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0009|          Section 8.  Effective July 1, 1998, Section 1-5-8 NMSA
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0010|     1978 (being Laws 1969, Chapter 240, Section 110, as amended) is
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0011|     repealed and a new Section 1-5-8 NMSA 1978 is enacted to read:
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0012|          "1-5-8.  [<u>NEW MATERIAL</u>]  SIGNATURE ROSTER--VOTER LISTS--
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0013|     DISTRIBUTION.--
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0014|               A.  One copy of the signature roster shall be
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0015|     prepared for each precinct.  On the cover of the signature
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0016|     roster shall be printed the words, "Copy for the County Clerk". 
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0017|     Upon its preparation and certification as to its accuracy and
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0018|     completeness, the county clerk shall deliver the copy of the
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0019|     signature roster to the precinct board.
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0020|               B.  The county clerk shall prepare three copies of
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0021|     the voter list for each precinct.  Of the three copies
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0022|     prepared, one copy shall not include voter social security
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0023|     numbers.  He shall deliver two of the copies to each precinct
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0024|     board.  One copy of the voter list shall be retained by the
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0025|     county clerk for verification purposes on election day and one
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0001|     copy for the secretary of state shall be marked to verify those
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0002|     voters on the list who voted.
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0003|               C.  Two copies of the county voter list, arranged in
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0004|     alphabetical order, shall be prepared for election day for
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0005|     verification purposes only."
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0006|          Section 9.  Effective July 1, 1998, Section 1-5-9 NMSA
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0007|     1978 (being Laws 1969, Chapter 240, Section 111) is repealed
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0008|     and a new Section 1-5-9 NMSA 1978 is enacted to read:
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0009|          "1-5-9.  [<u>NEW MATERIAL</u>]  SIGNATURE ROSTERS--
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0010|     CERTIFICATE.--Any certificate required by the Election Code for
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0011|     poll books shall be similarly required for signature rosters in
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0012|     substantially the same form to the extent it serves the same
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0013|     purpose."
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0014|          Section 10.  Effective July 1, 1998, Section 1-5-10 NMSA
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0015|     1978 (being Laws 1969, Chapter 240, Section 112, as amended) is
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0016|     repealed and a new Section 1-5-10 NMSA 1978 is enacted to read:
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0017|          "1-5-10.  [<u>NEW MATERIAL</u>]  VOTER LISTS--SIGNATURE
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0018|     ROSTERS--USE DURING ELECTION.--
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0019|               A.  Each precinct board using voter lists shall post
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0020|     securely at or near the entrance of the polling place one copy
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0021|     of the voter list for use of the voters prior to voting.  The
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0022|     posted copy shall not contain a listing of voter social
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0023|     security numbers.
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0024|               B.  The presiding judge of the precinct board shall
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0025|     assign one election judge of the board to be in charge of one
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0001|     copy of the voter list which shall be used to confirm the
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0002|     registration and voting of each person offering to vote.
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0003|               C.  The presiding judge of the precinct board shall
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0004|     assign one election clerk to be in charge of the signature
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0005|     roster.
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0006|               D.  The judge assigned to the voter list used for
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0007|     confirmation of registration and voting shall determine that
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0008|     each person offering to vote is registered and, in the case of
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0009|     a primary election, that such voter is registered in a party
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0010|     designated on the primary election ballot.  If the person's
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0011|     registration is confirmed by the presence of his name on the
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0012|     voter list or if the person presents a certificate under the
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0013|     seal and signature of the county clerk showing that he is
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0014|     entitled to vote in the election and to vote in that precinct,
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0015|     then the judge shall announce to the election clerks the list
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0016|     number and the name of the voter as shown on the voter list.
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0017|               E.  The election clerk shall locate that list number
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0018|     and name on the signature roster and shall require the voter to
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0019|     sign his usual signature or, if unable to write, to make his
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0020|     mark opposite his printed name.  If the voter makes his mark,
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0021|     it shall be witnessed by one of the judges of the precinct
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0022|     board.
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0023|               F.  No voter shall be permitted to vote until he has
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0024|     properly signed his usual signature or made his mark in the
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0025|     signature roster.
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0001|               G.  After the poll is closed, the election clerk in
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0002|     charge of a signature roster shall draw a single horizontal
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0003|     line in ink through each signature space in the signature
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0004|     roster where no signature or mark appears."
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0005|          Section 11.  Effective July 1, 1998, Section 1-5-11 NMSA
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0006|     1978 (being Laws 1969, Chapter 240, Section 113, as amended) is
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0007|     repealed and a new Section 1-5-11 NMSA 1978 is enacted to read:
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0008|          "1-5-11.  [<u>NEW MATERIAL</u>]  VOTER LISTS--SIGNATURE
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0009|     ROSTERS--DISPOSITION AFTER ELECTION.--
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0010|               A.  After the polls are closed, the signature roster
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0011|     shall be properly certified by the precinct board and returned
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0012|     to the county clerk with the election returns destined for the
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0013|     county clerk.  The voter list marked for the secretary of state
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0014|     shall be returned to the secretary of state with the election
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0015|     returns destined for the secretary of state. 
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0016|               B.  The signed and certified signature rosters used
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0017|     in any election shall be considered a part of the election
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0018|     returns and treated accordingly.  They shall be preserved and
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0019|     finally disposed of in the same manner as provided in the
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0020|     Election Code for election returns.
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0021|               C.  The punishment for willful destruction,
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0022|     defacement, unauthorized alteration or improper disposition of
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0023|     signature rosters used in an election shall be the same as for
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0024|     similar treatment of election returns."
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0025|          Section 12.  Effective July 1, 1998, Section 1-5-12 NMSA
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0001|     1978 (being Laws 1969, Chapter 240, Section 114, as amended) is
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0002|     repealed and a new Section 1-5-12 NMSA is enacted to read:
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0003|          "1-5-12.  [<u>NEW MATERIAL</u>]  VOTER'S NAME NOT ON LIST OR
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0004|     ROSTER.--
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0005|               A.  If a voter's name does not appear on the voter
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0006|     list and signature roster for the precinct in which he offers
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0007|     to vote, the voter shall be permitted to vote in such precinct
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0008|     provided the voter meets the requirements specified in the
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0009|     Election Code and otherwise meets the fail-safe voting
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0010|     provisions of the National Voter Registration Act. 
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0011|               B.  The election clerks in charge of the signature
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0012|     rosters shall add the voter's name and address in ink to the
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0013|     signature roster on the line immediately following the last
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0014|     entered voter's name, and the voter shall be allowed to cast
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0015|     his ballot provided he has first signed or marked both rosters. 
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0016|               C.  The voting machine public counter number or the
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0017|     ballot number for the voter shall be entered on his certificate
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0018|     of eligibility or copy of his certificate of registration.  The
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0019|     certificate of eligibility or voter's copy of his certificate
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0020|     of registration shall be retained by the precinct board and
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0021|     returned to the county clerk with the election returns. 
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0022|               D.  Such certificate of eligibility shall be valid
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0023|     for use only in the precinct and for the election and date
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0024|     specified thereon. 
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0025|               E.  In a primary election, a voter whose party
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0001|     affiliation is not shown on the certificate of eligibility or
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0002|     copy of his certificate of registration shall not be permitted
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0003|     to receive or cast a ballot.  No voter shall be permitted to
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0004|     vote for a candidate of a party different from the party
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0005|     designation shown on his certificate of eligibility or the copy
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0006|     of his certificate of registration. 
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0007|               F.  No verbal authorization from the county clerk to
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0008|     allow a person to vote under this section shall be permitted." 
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0009|          Section 13.  Effective July 1, 1998, Section 1-5-14 NMSA
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0010|     1978 (being Laws 1969, Chapter 240, Section 118, as amended) is
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0011|     repealed and a new Section 1-5-14 NMSA 1978 is enacted to read:
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0012|          "1-5-14.  [<u>NEW MATERIAL</u>]  FILE MAINTENANCE LIST.--
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0013|               A.  On the first regular working day of each month
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0014|     the county clerk shall prepare a file maintenance list showing
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0015|     all additions, deletions or other changes for the preceding
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0016|     month.
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0017|               B.  One copy of the list shall be stored by the
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0018|     county clerk for at least six years.
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0019|               C.  The county clerk shall provide one copy of the
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0020|     file maintenance list to the county chairman of each of the
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0021|     major political parties in the county.  The file maintenance
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0022|     list shall not include the voter's social security number,
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0023|     codes used to identify the agency where the voter registered,
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0024|     voter's day and month of birth or voter's telephone number, if
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0025|     prohibited by the voter."
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0001|          Section 14.  Effective July 1, 1998, Section 1-5-15 NMSA
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0002|     1978 (being Laws 1969, Chapter 240, Section 120, as amended) is
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0003|     repealed and a new Section 1-5-15 NMSA 1978 is enacted to read:
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0004|          "1-5-15.  [<u>NEW MATERIAL</u>]  VOTER REGISTRATION SYSTEM
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0005|     DATABASE--DUPLICATE.--
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0006|               A.  The secretary of state shall provide by rule for
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0007|     the timely back-up of the centralized voter registration
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0008|     system's database and the production of a duplicate master
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0009|     record.
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0010|               B.  In case of loss or damage to the centralized
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0011|     voter registration system, or any portion thereof, the
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0012|     duplicate master record shall be used to duplicate the system's
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0013|     database, or any portion thereof.  No other use shall be made
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0014|     of the duplicate master record.
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0015|               C.  The secretary of state and the county clerk
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0016|     shall ensure that the centralized voter records system and any
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0017|     duplicate master record thereof is protected against loss,
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0018|     damage, unauthorized access and unauthorized alteration.
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0019|               D.  Any duplicate master record shall be stored in a
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0020|     fire-resistant safe or vault located at a place remote from,
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0021|     and which is considered a separate damage risk from, the place
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0022|     of storage or use of the centralized voter registration system.
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0023|               E.  No information or data derived from the
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0024|     centralized voter registration system, or any portion thereof,
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0025|     or any duplicate master record, or any portion thereof, shall
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0001|     be stored or transported in any manner that will subject either
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0002|     or both to possible loss or damage from common or related
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0003|     perils."
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0004|          Section 15.  Effective July 1, 1998, Section 1-5-19 NMSA
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0005|     1978 (being Laws 1969, Chapter 240, Section 125, as amended) is
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0006|     repealed and a new Section 1-5-19 NMSA 1978 is enacted to read:
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0007|          "1-5-19.  [<u>NEW MATERIAL</u>]  REGISTRATION--INFORMATION
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0008|     REQUIRED.--
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0009|               A.  The certificate of registration form shall
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0010|     require the following elements of information concerning the
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0011|     applicant for registration:  name, gender, residence address,
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0012|     municipality, mailing address, county of former registration,
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0013|     social security number, date of birth, political party
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0014|     affiliation, if any, zip code, telephone number at the
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0015|     applicant's option and statement of qualification for voting. 
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0016|               B.  Provision shall be made for the usual signature
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0017|     or mark of the applicant, the signature of the county clerk,
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0018|     and for the dates of such signatures. 
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0019|               C.  The certificate of registration form may
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0020|     indicate whether it is completed by the applicant as a new
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0021|     registration, a change to the existing registration or a
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0022|     cancellation of an existing registration.
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0023|               D.  The certificate of registration forms shall be
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0024|     serially numbered and shall be furnished promptly and in
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0025|     adequate supply by the secretary of state upon request by the
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0001|     county clerk." 
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0002|          Section 16.  Effective July 1, 1998, Section 1-5-20 NMSA
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0003|     1978 (being Laws 1977, Chapter 222, Section 11, as amended) is
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0004|     repealed and a new Section 1-5-20 NMSA 1978 is enacted to read:
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0005|          "1-5-20.  [<u>NEW MATERIAL</u>]  FILING--REGISTRATION.--The
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0006|     secretary of state shall prescribe the method of filing and
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0007|     maintaining certificates of registration in any county."
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0008|          Section 17.  Effective July 1, 1998, Section 1-5-22 NMSA
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0009|     1978 (being Laws 1975, Chapter 255, Section 76) is repealed and
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0010|     a new Section 1-5-22 NMSA 1978 is enacted to read:
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0011|          "1-5-22.  [<u>NEW MATERIAL</u>]  UNLAWFUL DISPOSITION OF
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0012|     INFORMATION OR DATA--PENALTY.--
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0013|               A.  Unlawful disposition of information or data
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0014|     derived from the centralized voter registration system consists
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0015|     of the willful selling, loaning or otherwise surrendering of
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0016|     any data derived from the centralized voter registration system
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0017|     or any duplicate master record, or a portion thereof, by any
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0018|     person for any purpose not authorized by the Centralized Voter
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0019|     Registration System Act or to any person not authorized by that
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0020|     act to have possession of data derived from the centralized
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0021|     voter registration system.
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0022|               B.  Any person authorized by the Centralized Voter
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0023|     Registration System Act or any other provision of law to access
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0024|     or possess data derived from the centralized voter registration
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0025|     system who commits unlawful disposition of data derived from
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0001|     the centralized voter registration system database or duplicate
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0002|     master record, or any portion thereof, is guilty of a fourth
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0003|     degree felony."
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0004|          Section 18.  Effective July 1, 1998, Section 1-5-23 NMSA
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0005|     1978 (being Laws 1975, Chapter 255, Section 77) is repealed and
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0006|     a new Section 1-5-23 NMSA 1978 is enacted to read:
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0007|          "1-5-23.  [<u>NEW MATERIAL</u>]  UNLAWFUL DESTRUCTION OR
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0008|     ALTERATION OF VOTER REGISTRATION SYSTEM--PENALTY.--
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0009|               A.  Unlawful destruction or alteration of the
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0010|     centralized voter registration system or duplicate master
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0011|     record, or any portion thereof, or file maintenance list, or
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0012|     any portion thereof, consists of the unauthorized destruction
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0013|     of, or the unauthorized alteration of, or the erasure of
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0014|     information from, or the rendering unusable, or any portion
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0015|     thereof, for their lawfully intended purpose by any person.
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0016|               B.  Any person who commits unlawful destruction or
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0017|     alteration of the centralized voter registration system or
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0018|     duplicate master record, or any portion thereof, or file
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0019|     maintenance list, or any portion thereof, is guilty of a fourth
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0020|     degree felony."
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0021|          Section 19.  Effective July 1, 1998, Section 1-5-24 NMSA
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0022|     1978 (being Laws 1975, Chapter 255, Section 78, as amended) is
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0023|     repealed and a new Section 1-5-24 NMSA 1978 is enacted to read:
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0024|          "1-5-24.  [<u>NEW MATERIAL</u>]  REQUESTS FOR STATISTICAL DATA,
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0025|     VOTER DATA, MAILING LABELS OR SPECIAL VOTER LISTS.--
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0001|               A.  The county clerk and secretary of state shall
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0002|     permit the release of any voter data, statistical data, mailing
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0003|     labels, special voter lists, precinct voter lists or county
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0004|     voter lists only upon written request by the requester of the
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0005|     data, labels or lists as provided in this section.  All
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0006|     requesters shall be treated equally in regard to the charges
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0007|     and the furnishing of the requested data, labels or lists.
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0008|               B.  In furnishing voter data or special voter lists,
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0009|     precinct voter lists and county voter lists, the county clerk
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0010|     and the secretary of state are prohibited from providing data
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0011|     or lists that include a voter's social security number, a code
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0012|     used to identify the agency where the voter registered, a
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0013|     voter's day and month of birth or the voter's telephone number,
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0014|     if release was not authorized by the voter.
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0015|               C.  Each requester of voter data, mailing labels or
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0016|     special voter lists, precinct voter lists and county voter
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0017|     lists shall sign an affidavit that information contained in the
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0018|     voter data, mailing labels and special voter lists, precinct
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0019|     voter lists and county voter lists shall be used for
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0020|     governmental or election and election campaign purposes only
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0021|     and shall not be made available or used for commercial or any
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0022|     unlawful purposes.
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0023|               D.  Each requester of statistical data shall sign an
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0024|     affidavit that such statistical data shall be used for
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0025|     information or research purposes only and shall not be made
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0001|     available or used for commercial or any unlawful purposes.
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0002|               E.  The secretary of state shall prescribe the form
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0003|     of the affidavit."
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0004|          Section 20.  Effective July 1, 1998, Section 1-5-25 NMSA
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0005|     1978 (being Laws 1975, Chapter 255, Section 79) is repealed and
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0006|     a new Section 1-5-25 NMSA 1978 is enacted to read:
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0007|          "1-5-25.  [<u>NEW MATERIAL</u>]  UNLAWFUL USE OF STATISTICAL 
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0008|     DATA--UNLAWFUL USE OF VOTER DATA, MAILING LABELS OR SPECIAL
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0009|     VOTER LISTS--PENALTIES.--
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0010|               A.  Unlawful use of statistical data consists of the
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0011|     use of statistical data in such a manner as to derive
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0012|     information, the use or possession of which would be otherwise
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0013|     prohibited under the Centralized Voter Registration System Act.
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0014|               B.  Unlawful use of voter data, mailing labels or
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0015|     special voter lists consists of the knowing and willful use of
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0016|     such information for purposes prohibited by the Centralized
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0017|     Voter Registration System Act. 
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0018|               C.  Any person or entity, or agent thereof, who
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0019|     commits unlawful use of statistical data, voter data, mailing
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0020|     labels or special voter lists is guilty of a fourth degree
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0021|     felony and upon conviction shall be fined ten dollars ($10.00)
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0022|     for each and every line of voter information that was
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0023|     unlawfully used.
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0024|               D.  Each and every unlawful use of statistical data,
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0025|     voter data, mailing labels or special voter lists constitutes a
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0001|     separate offense."
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0002|          Section 21.  Effective July 1, 1998, Section 1-5-27 NMSA
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0003|     1978 (being Laws 1975, Chapter 255, Section 81, as amended) is
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0004|     repealed and a new Section 1-5-27 NMSA 1978 is enacted to read:
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0005|          "1-5-27.  [<u>NEW MATERIAL</u>]  CREATION OF CENTRALIZED VOTER
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0006|     REGISTRATION SYSTEM ADVISORY COMMITTEE.--
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0007|               A.  There is created the "centralized voter
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0008|     registration system advisory committee" consisting of the
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0009|     director of the bureau of elections, the information systems
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0010|     manager from the office of the secretary of state and six
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0011|     members appointed by the secretary of state, as follows:
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0012|                    (1)  four county clerks selected from a list
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0013|     submitted by the recognized state association of county clerks;
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0014|     and
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0015|                    (2)  two registered voters.
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0016|               B.  The director of the bureau of elections shall
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0017|     serve as chair of the advisory committee.  No more than four of
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0018|     the eight appointed members shall be registered from the same
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0019|     political party."
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0020|          Section 22.  Effective July 1, 1998, Section 1-5-28 NMSA
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0021|     1978 (being Laws 1975, Chapter 255, Section 82) is repealed and
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0022|     a new Section 1-5-28 NMSA 1978 is enacted to read:
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0023|          "1-5-28.  [<u>NEW MATERIAL</u>]  DUTIES OF CENTRALIZED VOTER
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0024|     REGISTRATION SYSTEM ADVISORY COMMITTEE.--The centralized voter
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0025|     registration system advisory committee shall:
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0001|               A.  recommend procedures for the orderly and timely
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0002|     conversion of voter registration data in the existing county
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0003|     database to the centralized voter registration system;
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0004|               B.  review any uniform procedures proposed by the
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0005|     secretary of state for the implementation, maintenance and
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0006|     operation of the centralized voter registration system; and
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0007|               C.  recommend changes or modifications to any
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0008|     uniform procedures or rules adopted by the secretary of state
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0009|     for the implementation, maintenance and operation of the
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0010|     centralized voter registration system."
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0011|          Section 23.  Effective July 1, 1998, Section 1-5-29 NMSA
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0012|     1978 (being Laws 1975, Chapter 255, Section 83, as amended) is
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0013|     repealed and a new Section 1-5-29 NMSA 1978 is enacted to read:
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0014|          "1-5-29.  [<u>NEW MATERIAL</u>]  CENTRALIZED VOTER REGISTRATION
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0015|     SYSTEM ADVISORY COMMITTEE--COMPENSATION--MEETINGS.--
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0016|               A.  Members of the centralized voter registration
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0017|     system advisory committee, except the director of the bureau of
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0018|     elections and the information systems manager, shall be paid
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0019|     per diem and mileage as provided in the Per Diem and Mileage
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0020|     Act for nonsalaried state officers.
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0021|               B.  No less than two meetings shall be called
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0022|     annually by the secretary of state."
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0023|          Section 24.  Effective July 1, 1998, Section 1-5-30 NMSA
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0024|     1978 (being Laws 1989, Chapter 298, Section 1) is repealed and
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0025|     a new Section 1-5-30 NMSA 1978 is enacted to read:
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0001|          "1-5-30.  [<u>NEW MATERIAL</u>]  SECRETARY OF STATE--
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0002|     ESTABLISHMENT OF CENTRALIZED VOTER REGISTRATION SYSTEM.--
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0003|               A.  The secretary of state shall enter into a
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0004|     contract for the purchase of any hardware, software and
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0005|     consulting services necessary to establish and implement the
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0006|     centralized voter registration system on a statewide basis
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0007|     consistent with the provisions of the Procurement Code.  The
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0008|     secretary of state shall supervise the implementation of the
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0009|     centralized voter registration system in each county.
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0010|               B.  The secretary of state shall ensure that the
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0011|     centralized voter registration system includes all generally
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0012|     accepted industry standards for security and protection of the
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0013|     system's database.  The secretary of state shall also ensure
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0014|     that any centralized voter registration system implemented
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0015|     provides the means for accurately converting the existing voter
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0016|     registration databases maintained by the county clerks to the
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0017|     centralized voter registration system.
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0018|               C.  The centralized voter registration system shall:
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0019|                    (1)  link the secretary of state and all county
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0020|     clerks to a fully computerized centralized voter registration
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0021|     database;
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0022|                    (2)  permit a county clerk to add a voter's
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0023|     record to the centralized voter registration system database,
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0024|     change information in a voter record or delete a duplicate
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0025|     voter record or a voter record from the system's database upon
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0001|     the cancellation of a certificate of registration as provided
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0002|     by the Election Code;
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0003|                    (3)  permit a county clerk and the bureau of
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0004|     elections to access the system's database for review and search
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0005|     capabilities for any lawful purpose and the preparation of
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0006|     mailing labels, special voter lists, precinct voter lists and
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0007|     county voter lists; and
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0008|                    (4)  provide a means by which a county clerk
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0009|     may automatically assign a voter to his precinct for voting
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0010|     purposes when a street index exists for the entire county or
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0011|     any part thereof."
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0012|          Section 25.  Section 1-5-31 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1989,
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0013|     Chapter 298, Section 2) is repealed and a new Section 1-5-31
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0014|     NMSA 1978 is enacted to read:
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0015|          "1-5-31.  [<u>NEW MATERIAL</u>]  SECRETARY OF STATE--UNIFORM
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0016|     PROCEDURES FOR COUNTIES.--The secretary of state shall:
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0017|               A.  adopt uniform rules and procedures for the
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0018|     implementation, maintenance and operation of the centralized
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0019|     voter registration system;
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0020|               B.  prescribe forms compatible with the statewide
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0021|     centralized voter registration system; and
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0022|               C.  ensure that training opportunities are available
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0023|     to each county clerk in the maintenance and operation of the
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0024|     centralized voter registration system."
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0025|          Section 26.  APPROPRIATION.--Two million seven hundred
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0001|     fifty thousand dollars ($2,750,000) is appropriated from the
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0002|     general fund to the office of the secretary of state for
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0003|     expenditure in fiscal year 1998 for the purpose of implementing
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0004|     a statewide centralized voter registration system.  Any
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0005|     unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of
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0006|     fiscal year 1998 shall revert to the general fund.
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0007|          Section 27.  REPEAL.--Effective July 1, 1998, Sections
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0008|     1-5-13, 1-5-16 through 1-5-18, 1-5-21 and 1-5-26 NMSA 1978
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0009|     (being Laws 1969, Chapter 240, Sections 115, 121, 122 and 124
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0010|     and Laws 1975, Chapter 255, Sections 75 and 80, as amended) are
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0011|     repealed.
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0012|                                                         State of New Mexico
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0013|                      House of Representatives
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0014|   
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0015|                      FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0016|                        FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0017|   
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0018|   
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0019|                                                   March 4, 1997
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0020|   
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0021|   
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0022|   Mr. Speaker:
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0023|   
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0024|        Your VOTERS AND ELECTIONS COMMITTEE, to whom has
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0025|   been referred
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0001|   
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0002|                       HOUSE BILL 1313
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0003|                               
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0004|   has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0005|   recommendation that it DO PASS, and thence referred to the
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0006|   APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE.
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0007|   
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0008|                                 Respectfully submitted,
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0009|   
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0010|   
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0011|   
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<u></u>0013| <u>  
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<u></u>0014| <u>                                </u>                             Edward C. Sandoval, Chairman
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0017|   Adopted <u>                    </u>     Not Adopted <u>                    
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0019|             (Chief Clerk)                       (Chief Clerk)
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0021|                        Date <u>            </u>
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0022|   
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0023|   The roll call vote was<u> 7 </u> For<u> 0 </u> Against
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0024|   Yes:      7
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0025|             Excused:  Buffett, Coll, Lujan, Sanchez, J.P. Taylor
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0001|             Absent:   None
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