§ NMSA 1978, § 1-4-5.7Registration at voting location prior to voting

Registration at voting location prior to voting.
A. Notwithstanding the provisions in Section 1-4-8 NMSA 1978 providing for the closing of
registration prior to an election, a qualified elector seeking to register to vote or update an existing certificate of registration in the state shall be allowed to do so at a voting location immediately
before voting in that election after signing an affidavit under oath that the elector has not voted in
the election in this state or elsewhere, and as further provided in this section.
B. During a statewide election, a qualified elector may register to vote or update an existing
certificate of registration at the county clerk's office during the regular hours and days of business beginning on the twenty-eighth day preceding the election and from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
on the Saturday immediately prior to the date of the election; provided that if the county clerk
establishes an additional alternate voting location near the clerk's office in lieu of voting at the
office of the county clerk, a qualified elector may register to vote or update an existing certificate
of registration at that location during the regular hours and days of business beginning on the
twenty-eighth day preceding the election and during the hours for voting at alternate voting locations commencing on the third Saturday prior to the election through the Saturday immediately
prior to the election.
C. During a statewide election, a qualified elector may register to vote or update an existing
certificate of registration at an alternate voting location only if the county clerk has assigned a
county clerk employee to be the clerk's authorized deputy to serve as a registration officer at the
alternate voting location; provided that ninety days before the election, the county clerk shall post
the location of each alternate voting location where a qualified elector may register to vote or update an existing certificate of registration immediately before voting.
D. Beginning January 1, 2021 and upon the approval of the voting system certification committee, during a statewide election, a qualified elector may register to vote or update an existing
certificate of registration at an election day voting location; provided that the secretary of state
shall establish procedures to ensure that a registration officer has an opportunity to review the
information of a qualified elector who registers to vote or updates an existing certificate of registration immediately before the qualified elector votes on election day.
E. A voter whose political party affiliation on the voter's certificate of registration is with a
major political party shall not be allowed to change party affiliation when updating an existing
certificate of registration or registering to vote at an early voting site or polling place during a
primary election.
F. During a special election, a qualified elector may register to vote or update an existing certificate of registration at the county clerk's office during the regular hours and days of business
beginning on the twenty-eighth day preceding the election until the last regular business day the
week prior to the date of the election.
G. A qualified elector seeking to register to vote or update an existing certificate of registration
immediately before voting shall provide:
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(1) a New Mexico driver's license or New Mexico identification card issued through the
motor vehicle division of the taxation and revenue department;
(2) any document that contains an address in the county together with a photo identification card; or
(3) a current valid student photo identification card from a post-secondary educational
institution in New Mexico accompanied by a current student fee statement that contains the student's address in the county.
H. If an early voting site or polling place does not have real-time access to the statewide electronic voter file, a voter desiring to update an existing certificate of registration or to register to
vote shall be issued a provisional ballot.
I. No later than June 30, 2021 and upon the approval of the voting system certification committee, the secretary of state and the secretary of taxation and revenue shall develop a procedure
for importing the list of eligible but unregistered persons with a driver's license or state-issued
identification card into the voter registration electronic management system prior to an election to
facilitate processing a new voter registration pursuant to this section.