As used in the Election Code [Chapter 1 NMSA 1978]:
A. "ballot" means a system for arranging and designating for the voter the names of candidates, constitutional amendments and other questions to be voted on and for the marking, casting or otherwise recording of such votes, and the term includes absentee ballots, provisional paper ballots and all other paper ballots; and
B. "provisional paper ballot" means the paper ballot used pursuant to Section 1-12-7.1, 1-12-8 or 1-12-25.2 NMSA 1978.
History: 1953 Comp., § 3-10-11.1, enacted by Laws 1977, ch. 222, § 24; 1985, ch. 207, § 19; 2003, ch. 356, § 28; 2009, ch. 150, § 8.
ANNOTATIONSThe 2009 amendment, effective June 19, 2009, in Subsection A, after "includes absentee ballots", deleted "ballot labels, ballot cards, ballot sheets" and after "provisional paper ballots and", deleted "emergency" and added "all other"; deleted former Subsection B, which defined "ballot label"; deleted former Subsection C, which defined "emergency paper ballot"; deleted former Subsection D, which defined "ballot card"; deleted former Subsection E, which defined "ballot sheet"; and in Subsection B, deleted reference to Section 1-5-10 NMSA 1978 and added Section 1-12-7.1 NMSA 1978.
The 2003 amendment, effective July 1, 2003, inserted "provisional paper ballots" preceding "and emergency paper ballots" at the end of Subsection A and added Subsection F.