Except for absentee ballots and unless otherwise provided by law, a voter shall not receive a paper ballot from any person other than from a member of the precinct board [election board] or at an alternate voting location. No person other than a member of the precinct board [election board] or officer authorized by law shall deliver a paper ballot to any voter.
History: 1953 Comp., § 3-12-85, enacted by Laws 1977, ch. 222, § 54; 2009, ch. 150, § 20; 2011, ch. 137, § 99.
ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
Laws 2019, ch. 212, § 283, effective April 3, 2019, provided that references in the Election Code to "precinct board", shall be deemed to be references to "election board", as that term is defined in Section 1-1-13 NMSA 1978.
The 2011 amendment, effective July 1, 2011, eliminated the restriction that prohibited a voter from receiving a paper ballot from a polling place where the voter is not authorized to vote.
The 2009 amendment, effective June 19, 2009, at the beginning of the sentence, added "Except for absentee ballots and"; after "shall not receive", deleted "an emergency"; after "authorized to vote", added "or at an alternate early voting location"; and after "law shall deliver", deleted "an emergency".