HOUSE BILL 600

51st legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2013

INTRODUCED BY

Antonio "Moe" Maestas and Daniel Ivey-Soto

AN ACT

RELATING TO VOTING; RESTORING A FELON'S RIGHT TO VOTE IMMEDIATELY UPON SATISFACTION OF CONDITIONS.

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

     SECTION 1. Section 1-4-27.1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2001, Chapter 46, Section 1, as amended) is amended to read:

     "1-4-27.1. CANCELLATION OF REGISTRATION FOLLOWING CONVICTION--ELIGIBILITY FOR VOTING UPON SATISFACTION OF CONDITIONS.--

          A. When a voter has been convicted of a felony in any state or federal court, the voter's registration shall be canceled.

          B. A person convicted of a felony who is otherwise a qualified elector is eligible to register to vote when that person:

                (1) has been unconditionally discharged from a correctional facility or detention center;

                (2) has completed all conditions of parole or supervised probation; [or]

                (3) has had the conviction overturned on appeal; or

                (4) was granted a pardon or a certificate by the governor restoring the person's full rights of citizenship.

          [C. The secretary of state shall each month maintain current in the statewide voter registration electronic management system the eligibility status of persons convicted of felonies to register to vote pursuant to this section.

          D. The corrections department, the New Mexico sentencing commission and the administrative office of the courts shall deliver to the secretary of state information and data as needed to carry out the provisions of this section.

          E. The secretary of state shall request from the United States attorney for the district of New Mexico, in conformance with 42 U.S.C. Section 1973gg-6(g), information and data as needed to carry out the provisions of this section.]"

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