0001|                           SENATE BILL 911
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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|                          JOHN ARTHUR SMITH
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0009|     
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0010|                                AN ACT
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0011|     RELATING TO ELECTIONS; PROMOTING CAMPAIGN COST REDUCTION BY
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0012|     SHORTENING THE PERIOD FOR EARLY VOTING BY TEN DAYS; AMENDING A
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0013|     SECTION OF THE NMSA 1978.
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0014|     
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0015|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0016|          Section 1.  Section 1-6A-5 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1993,
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0017|     Chapter 37, Section 5, as amended) is amended to read:
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0018|          "1-6A-5.  PROCESSING APPLICATION.--
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0019|               A.  The county clerk shall mark each completed
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0020|     absentee-early application with the date and time of receipt in
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0021|     the clerk's office and enter the required information in the
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0022|     absentee ballot register.
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0023|               B.  If the applicant has no valid affidavit of
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0024|     registration on file in the county and he is not a federal
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0025|     qualified elector, he shall not be allowed to vote.  The county
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0001|     clerk shall mark the application "rejected" and file the
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0002|     application in a separate file from those accepted.
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0003|               C.  If the applicant presents proof of
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0004|     identification and is determined to be a voter or a federal
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0005|     qualified elector, the county clerk shall mark the application
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0006|     "accepted" and deliver a marksense ballot or allow the voter to
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0007|     vote on the direct-recording electronic machine.  Upon
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0008|     acceptance of the application, an appropriate designation shall
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0009|     be made on the absentee register.
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0010|               D.  Absentee-early voting may be done in person
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0011|     during the regular hours of business at the county clerk's
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0012|     office or other locations specified by the county clerk;
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0013|     provided that in class A counties, the county clerk shall
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0014|     establish not less than four alternative locations as satellite
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0015|     polling places.  Absentee-early voting may be done from 8:00
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0016|     a.m. on the <s>[twentieth]</s> <u>tenth</u> day preceding the election up
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0017|     until 5:00 p.m. on the Saturday immediately prior to the date
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0018|     of the election.  In voting absentee-early, the voter may be
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0019|     assisted by one person of the voter's own choice.
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0020|               E.  The secretary of state and county clerk shall
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0021|     make reasonable efforts to publicize and inform voters of the
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0022|     times and locations for absentee-early voting."
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0023|                                    
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0024|   
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0025|                      FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0001|                        FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0004|                                                   March 6, 1997
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0005|   
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0006|   Mr. President:
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0007|   
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0008|       Your RULES COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0009|   
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0010|                          SENATE BILL 911
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0011|   
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0012|   has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0013|   recommendation that it DO PASS, and thence referred to the
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0014|   FINANCE COMMITTEE.
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0015|   
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0016|                                Respectfully submitted,
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0017|   
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0020|                                
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0021|   __________________________________
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0022|                                Gloria Howes, Chairman 
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0023|   
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0024|   
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0025|   
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0001|   Adopted_______________________   Not
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0002|   Adopted_______________________
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0003|             (Chief Clerk)                          (Chief Clerk)
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0006|                     Date ________________________
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0009|   The roll call vote was <u> 6 </u> For <u> 0 </u> Against
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0010|           Yes:    6
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0011|           No:     0
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0012|                Excused:     Altamirano, Gorham
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0013|           Absent: None
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0016|   S0911RU1
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0020|                      FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0021|                        FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0023|   
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0024|                                                  March 14, 1997
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0025|   
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0001|   Mr. President:
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0002|   
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0003|       Your FINANCE COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0004|   
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0005|                          SENATE BILL 911
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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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0014|                                
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0015|   __________________________________
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0016|                                Ben D. Altamirano, Chairman 
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0017|   
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0018|   
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0019|   
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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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0001|                     Date ________________________
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0004|   The roll call vote was <u> 6 </u> For <u> 0 </u> Against
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0005|           Yes:    6
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0006|           No:     None
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0007|                Excused:     Aragon, Altamirano, Carraro, Ingle, Lyons
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0008|           Absent: None
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0011|   S0911FC1
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