0001| HOUSE BILL 1228
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0002| 43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997
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0003| INTRODUCED BY
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0004| EDWARD C. SANDOVAL
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0010| AN ACT
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0011| RELATING TO ELECTIONS; CREATING A POLLING PLACE FOR MAIL BALLOT
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0012| ELECTIONS; AMENDING SECTIONS OF THE MAIL BALLOT ELECTION ACT.
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0014| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0015| Section 1. Section 1-23-5 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1987,
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0016| Chapter 160, Section 5, as amended) is amended to read:
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0017| "1-23-5. [NO] MAILING AND FORM OF BALLOTS--PRECINCT
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0018| BOARD--VOTING IN PERSON AT DESIGNATED POLLING PLACE.--
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0019| A. Upon the adoption of a resolution by the
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0020| governing body to conduct an election by [an all-mailed]
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0021| mail ballot, each registered voter of the local government
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0022| shall be mailed an absentee ballot [along with a statement
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that there will be no polling place] for [the] that
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0024| election. The voter shall not be required to file an
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0025| application for the absentee ballot. The ballot shall be
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0001| mailed to each voter no earlier than the thirty-fifth day prior
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0002| to the election, and the mailing shall be completed by the
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0003| fifth day before the election.
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0004| B. The local government election official shall
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0005| prescribe the form of the ballot and the number of envelopes
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0006| used in returning the ballot to the designated election
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0007| office. The ballot shall be returned in a sealed security
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0008| envelope.
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0009| C. The precinct board may convene no earlier than
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0010| five days prior to the election to remove the sealed security
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0011| envelopes from the outer envelopes and place the security
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0012| sealed envelopes containing the ballots into a locked ballot
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0013| box.
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0014| D. A registered voter who does not receive a mailed
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0015| absentee ballot shall be allowed to vote in the designated
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0016| election office of the local government election official until
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0017| 7:00 p.m. on election day. If the voter votes in person, the
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0018| voter shall sign an affidavit affirming that he did not receive
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0019| his ballot and will not vote by mail if the ballot is received
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0020| after he has voted at the designated election office.
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0021| E. At 7:00 p.m. on election day, the local
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0022| government election official shall record the numbers of the
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0023| unused ballots and shall publicly destroy all those unused
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0024| ballots. The local government election official shall execute
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0025| a certificate of destruction, which shall include the numbers
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0001| on the destroyed ballots. The certificate shall be placed with
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0002| the checklist of registered voters."
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0003| Section 2. Section 1-23-6.1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1991,
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0004| Chapter 105, Section 43) is amended to read:
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0005| "1-23-6.1. CHECKLIST OF REGISTERED VOTERS FOR MAIL
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0006| BALLOT ELECTION.--The [local government official] county
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0007| clerk shall prepare a checklist of registered voters [in the
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county] eligible to vote in the mail ballot election. The
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0009| checklist of registered voters shall be marked, indicating that
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0010| the voter has returned his [all] mail ballot immediately upon
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0011| receipt or returned it to the designated election office where
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0012| he voted in person."
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0014| State of New Mexico
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0015| House of Representatives
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0017| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0018| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0021| February 25, 1997
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0023|
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0024| Mr. Speaker:
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0001| Your VOTERS AND ELECTIONS COMMITTEE, to whom has
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0002| been referred
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0004| HOUSE BILL 1228
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0006| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0007| recommendation that it DO PASS, and thence referred to the
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0008| APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE.
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0009|
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0010| Respectfully submitted,
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0016| Edward C. Sandoval, Chairman
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0019| Adopted Not Adopted
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0021| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0023| Date
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0025| The roll call vote was 9 For 0 Against
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0001| Yes: 9
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0002| Excused: Lujan, Nicely, Sanchez
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0003| Absent: None
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0006| G:\BILLTEXT\BILLW_97\H1228 State of New Mexico
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0007| House of Representatives
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0009| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0010| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0013| March 6, 1997
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0016| Mr. Speaker:
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0018| Your APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE, to
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0019| whom has been referred
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0020|
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0021| HOUSE BILL 1228
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0022|
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0023| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0024| recommendation that it DO PASS.
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0001| Respectfully submitted,
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0007| Max Coll, Chairman
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0010| Adopted Not Adopted
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0012| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0014| Date
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0016| The roll call vote was 11 For 0 Against
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0017| Yes: 11
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0018| Excused: Heaton, Marquardt, Pearce, Picraux, Varela, Wallace
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0019| Absent: None
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0024| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0025| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0003| March 15, 1997
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0005| Mr. President:
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0007| Your RULES COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0008|
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0009| HOUSE BILL 1228
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0010|
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0011| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0012| recommendation that it DO PASS, and thence referred to the
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0013| PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE.
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0015| Respectfully submitted,
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0020| __________________________________
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0021| Gloria Howes, Chairman
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0025| Adopted_______________________ Not
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0001| Adopted_______________________
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0002| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0005| Date ________________________
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0008| The roll call vote was 6 For 0 Against
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0009| Yes: 6
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0010| No: 0
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0011| Excused: Aragon, Rodarte
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0012| Absent: None
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0019| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0020| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0023| March 17, 1997
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0024|
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0025| Mr. President:
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0002| Your PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, to whom has been
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0003| referred
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0004|
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0005| HOUSE BILL 1228
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0006|
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0007| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0008| recommendation that it DO PASS.
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0010| Respectfully submitted,
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0015| __________________________________
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0016| Shannon Robinson, Chairman
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0020| Adopted_______________________ Not
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0021| Adopted_______________________
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0022| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0025| Date ________________________
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0003| The roll call vote was 5 For 0 Against
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0004| Yes: 5
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0005| No: 0
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0006| Excused: Rodarte, Smith, Ingle, Vernon
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0007| Absent: None
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