SENATE RULES COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR

SENATE BILL 582

50th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2011

AN ACT

RELATING TO THE PUBLIC PEACE, HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE; REQUIRING BALLOTS TO ALLOW FOR STRAIGHT PARTY TICKET VOTING.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

     SECTION 1. A new section of Chapter 1, Article 10 NMSA 1978 is enacted to read:

     "[NEW MATERIAL] BALLOTS--STRAIGHT PARTY VOTING OPTION.--In a general election in which more than one qualified political party is represented on the ballot, the ballot shall be designed to allow the voter to vote for all of a qualified party's slate of candidates on the ballot by marking a single straight party option for that party's slate of candidates."

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