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Section 1-6B-9 – Emergency response providers.

A. An emergency response provider may benefit from the ability to apply for a mailed ballot and to return the marked ballot in the same manner as provided in the Uniform Military and Overseas Voters Act for federal qualified electors; provided that the emergency response provider may not use the federal postcard application or the […]

Section 1-6B-10 – Use of federal write-in absentee ballot; qualification.

A. A federal qualified elector may use a federal write-in absentee ballot to vote for all offices and ballot questions in an election. B. In completing the federal write-in absentee ballot, the federal qualified elector may designate a candidate by writing in the name of the candidate. In a general election when voting for a […]

Section 1-6B-1 – Short title.

Chapter 1, Article 6B NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Uniform Military and Overseas Voters Act”. History: Laws 2015, ch. 145, § 25; 2018, ch. 79, § 7. ANNOTATIONS The 2018 amendment, effective July 1, 2018, changed “Sections 25 through 41 of this act” to “Chapter 1, Article 6B NMSA 1978”. Applicability. — Laws […]

Section 1-6B-2 – Definitions.

As used in the Uniform Military and Overseas Voters Act: A. “federal postcard application” means the application prescribed under the federal Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act; B. “federal write-in absentee ballot” means the ballot approved pursuant to the federal Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act; and C. “military-overseas ballot” means a ballot […]