SENATE BILL 433
47th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2005
INTRODUCED BY
Gerald P. Ortiz y Pino
AN ACT
RELATING TO ELECTIONS; REQUIRING THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO PREPARE A BALLOT INFORMATION BOOKLET; SPECIFYING BOOKLET CONTENT AND DISTRIBUTION PROCEDURES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
Section 1. Section 1-16-13 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1975, Chapter 287, Section 1) is amended to read:
"1-16-13. CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS--TEXT PROVIDED-- JUDICIAL RETENTION ELECTION INFORMATION--INFORMATION BOOKLET.--
A. In any election in which a constitutional amendment is being considered, the secretary of state shall cause to be printed samples of the text of each constitutional amendment, in both Spanish and English, in an amount equal to ten percent of the registered voters in the state. The secretary of state shall then distribute the sample constitutional proposals to the county clerk in each county, who in turn will distribute them to the precincts in the same manner and number as sample ballots.
B. In any general or special election, the secretary of state shall prepare a ballot information booklet, in both Spanish and English, in an amount equal to ten percent of the registered voters in the state. The secretary shall have the information booklet printed at the expense of the state and shall distribute the booklet to the county clerks, who shall distribute them to the precincts in the same manner and same number as sample ballots. The ballot information booklet shall contain the report of the judicial performance evaluation commission review of any justices of the supreme court and judges of the court of appeals, district court and metropolitan court who are subject to retention at that election.
C. If a constitutional amendment and the retention of a justice or judge are to be considered in the same election, the ballot information booklet may contain the information required in both Subsections A and B of this section."
- 2 -