FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
SECOND SESSION, 1998
February 5, 1998
Mr. Speaker:
Your VOTERS AND ELECTIONS COMMITTEE, to whom has
been referred
HOUSE BILL 245
has had it under consideration and reports same with
recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:
1. On page 1, line 15, after "CODE" insert "; DECLARING
AN EMERGENCY".
2. On page 3, between lines 18 and 19, insert the
following new subsection:
"H. "memory cartridge" or "results memory
cartridge" means a transportable cassette-type case or memory
card used in an electronic voting machine that records and
retains the total vote counted and tallied for each candidate
on the electronic voting machine;".
3. Reletter the succeeding subsections accordingly.
4. On page 9, line 19, strike "during the regular hours
of business".
5. On page 9, line 20, strike "8:00 a.m. on" and strike
"until" and on line 21, strike the line through "Thursday" and
insert in lieu thereof "through the Saturday".
6. On page 10, line 25, strike "issued" and insert in
lieu thereof "used".
7. On page 19, line 15, strike the period and insert in
lieu thereof:
", except that the absent voter precinct board may count
and tally any paper absentee ballots on the voting machine
after any ballots already counted and tallied have been
secured in a locked ballot box and provided a blank memory
cartridge is used."
8. On page 19, line 23, strike "1-6-1" and insert in
lieu thereof "1-6-14".
9. On page 22, line 9, after the closing bracket insert
"by hand or".
10. On page 25, line 11, before "absentee" insert
"emergency".
11. On page 25, line 16, before "absentee" insert
"emergency".
12. On page 28, line 20, strike "AND SUBSEQUENT DAYS".
13. On page 28, line 20, strike "or".
14. On page 28, line 21, strike "statutorily appointed
supervisor of the election".
15. On page 28, line 25, after the closing bracket
strike the remainder of the line, and on page 29, line 1,
strike the line up
to the period.
16. On page 29, line 9, after "them" strike the
remainder of the line and strike line 10 in its entirety and
insert in lieu thereof "as provided in Section 1-2-16 NMSA
1978.".
17. On page 31, lines 5 through 10, restore the stricken
language.
18. Reletter succeeding subsections accordingly.
19. On page 46, line 1, after "TERM" insert a dash and
on line 2, restore the stricken language.
20. On page 46, lines 7 through 13, restore the stricken
language.
21. On page 49, between lines 21 and 22, insert the
following new section:
"Section 36. EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public
peace, health and safety that this act take effect
immediately.".
22. Renumber the succeeding section accordingly.,
and thence referred to the JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.
Respectfully submitted,
Edward C. Sandoval, Chairman
Adopted Not Adopted
(Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
Date
The roll call vote was 10 For 0 Against
Yes: 10
Excused: Lujan, Sanchez
Absent: None
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