Forty-two days before the election, the county clerk may begin to prepare, inspect, certify and seal electronic voting machines that are to be used in the election, and such preparation, inspection, certification and sealing shall continue until all machines are prepared, inspected, certified and sealed.
History: 1953 Comp., § 3-11-6, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 240, § 215; 1981, ch. 137, § 1; 1985, ch. 207, § 24; 2011, ch. 137, § 74.
ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For manner of preparing voting machine, see 1-11-6 NMSA 1978.
The 2011 amendment, effective July 1, 2011, required county clerks to certify electronic voting machines and to perform their duties under this section forty-two days before the election.
Clerk may seal machines anywhere after notifying required persons. — The county clerk may reset or seal the machines at the courthouse or any place where the machines are stored or at the polling place so long as the required persons are present, or have been properly notified, when such resetting and sealing occurs. 1954 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 54-5958 (opinion rendered under former law).
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 26 Am. Jur. 2d Elections § 365.
29 C.J.S. Elections § 203.