A. Beginning ten days before an electronic voting machine is issued for absentee voting, the county clerk may begin to prepare, inspect and seal the voting machine in accordance with Section 1-11-6 NMSA 1978.
B. At least one day before an electronic voting machine is used for absentee voting, the county clerk shall certify to the secretary of state and the county chair of each political party represented on the ballot the type and serial number of each voting machine to be used.
History: Laws 1999, ch. 267, § 1; 2011, ch. 137, § 43.
ANNOTATIONSThe 2011 amendment, effective July 1, 2011, required county clerks to begin to prepare voting machines in accordance with Section 1-11-6 NMSA 1978 ten days before a machine is issued for absentee voting.