NMS § 1-5-3 Act Is Mandatory and Supplemental to Election Code

• Library: New Mexico Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through 2023, ch. 211
• Year: 2023
• Citation: NMS § 1-5-3

A. The Voter Records System Act is mandatory and supplemental to the provisions of the Election Code [Chapter 1 NMSA 1978]. The provisions of that act shall be implemented in all counties by order of the secretary of state in accordance with the provisions of the federal Help America Vote Act of 2002.

B. The secretary of state shall maintain the official state voter file based on county registers and shall provide access to the file to the county clerks. The secretary of state shall prescribe any rules, forms and instructions necessary to implement procedures required by the Voter Records System Act an...

C. All registration records required by the Election Code shall be maintained for each of the precincts in addition to those records required by the Voter Records System Act and federal law.