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§ 1-6B-10 NMSA 1978

Use of federal write-in absentee ballot; qualification

Known as the Uniform Military and Overseas Voters Act

The act spans §§ 1–1 (17 sections).

Laws 2015, ch. 145, § 34; 2019, ch. 212, § 85; 2023, ch. 39, § 38.

A. A federal qualified elector may use a federal write-in absentee ballot to vote for all offices and ballot questions in an election.

B. In completing the federal write-in absentee ballot, the federal qualified elector may designate a candidate by writing in the name of the candidate. In a general election when voting for a specified office, a federal qualified elector may in the alternate complete the federal write-in absentee ballot by writing in the name of a political party, in which case the ballot shall be counted for the candidate of that political party.

C. A qualified federal write-in absentee ballot shall be processed during the county canvass in the same manner as a provisional ballot. A federal write-in absentee ballot from a federal qualified elector shall not be qualified if the federal qualified elector voted on any other type of ballot. A federal write-in absentee ballot of an overseas voter shall not be qualified if the ballot is submitted from any location in the United States.

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.