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§ 1-6-4.3 NMSA 1978

Known as the Absent Voter Act

The act spans §§ 1-6-1 to 1-6-9.2 (46 sections).

Laws 2005, ch. 270, § 41; 2007, ch. 337, § 9; 2019, ch. 212, § 63.

A. A person or organization that is not part of a government agency and that collects applications for mailed ballots shall submit the applications to the appropriate office for filing within forty-eight hours of their completion or the next business day if the appropriate office is closed for that forty-eight-hour period.

B. A person who collects applications for mailed ballots and fails to submit a voter's completed application is guilty of a petty misdemeanor.

C. A person who intentionally alters another voter's completed application for a mailed ballot is guilty of a fourth degree felony.

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.