Eligibility of new resident and former resident to vote.

1. Law
2. New Mexico Statutes
3. Elections
4. Federal Voting Rights Compliance
5. Eligibility of new resident and former resident to vote.

Any new resident or former resident may vote for presidential officers in a presidential election, but for no other officers or upon any questions or in any other election, if he:

A. otherwise possesses the substantive qualifications to vote in this state except the requirement of residence; and

B. complies with the provisions of the Federal Voting Rights Compliance Act.

History: 1953 Comp., § 3-21-3, enacted by Laws 1971, ch. 322, § 3; 1973, ch. 138, § 5.

ANNOTATIONS

Cross references. — For qualifications to vote, see N.M. Const., art. VII, § 1.

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