The county clerk or statutorily appointed supervisor of the election shall determine the hours between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. during which the absent voter precinct polling place shall be open for delivery and registering of absentee ballots on the five days preceding election day and the hours during which the absent voter precinct polling place shall be open for the delivery, registering and counting of ballots on election day and subsequent days until all ballots are counted; provided that the absent voter precinct polling place opens at 7:00 a.m. on election day.
§ 1-6-23 NMSA 1978
Absent voter precinct polling place; hours on election day and subsequent days
Known as the Absent Voter Act
The act spans §§ 1-6-1 to 1-6-9.2 (46 sections).
1953 Comp., § 3-6-21.1, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 255, § 95; 1977, ch. 222, § 16; 1983, ch. 232, § 7; 1999, ch. 267, § 23; 2005, ch. 270, § 54; 2007, ch. 336, § 12.
Official source: NMOneSource (New Mexico Compilation Commission). Reproduced from public-domain New Mexico statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.