§ NMSA 1978, § 1-6-6Ballot register

Ballot register.
A. For each statewide election, the county clerk shall keep an "absentee ballot register", in
which the county clerk shall enter:
(1) the name and address of each absentee ballot applicant;
(2) the date and time of receipt of the application;
(3) whether the application was accepted or rejected;
(4) the date of issue of an absentee ballot at an early voting location or the mailing of an
absentee ballot to the applicant;
(5) the applicant's precinct;
(6) whether the applicant is a voter and whether the voter is a uniformed-service voter or
an overseas voter;
(7) whether the voter is required to submit documentary identification pursuant to Section 1-6-5 NMSA 1978; and
(8) the date and time the completed mailed ballot was received from the voter by the
county clerk or the absent voter registered a ballot early in person in the county clerk's office or at
an alternate location.
B. For each special election, the county clerk shall keep a "mailed ballot register", in which the
county clerk shall enter:
(1) the name and address of each voter to whom a mailed ballot was sent;
(2) the date of mailing of a mailed ballot to the voter;
(3) the applicant's precinct;
(4) whether the voter is a uniformed-service voter or an overseas voter;
(5) whether the voter is required to submit a documentary identification pursuant to Section 1-6-5 NMSA 1978; and
(6) the date and time the completed mailed ballot was received from the voter by the
county clerk.
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C. Each ballot register is a public record open to public inspection in the county clerk's office
during regular office hours. The county clerk shall have an updated ballot register available for
public inspection Monday through Friday during regular office hours.
D. The county clerk shall deliver to the absent voter election board on election day a complete
list of all absentee ballot applicants and early voters with applicable information shown in the absentee ballot register for each applicant and early voter up to 6:00 p.m. on the Saturday preceding
a statewide election. The county clerk shall deliver a signature roster containing the same information as the lists to the absent voter election board.
E. Upon request, the county clerk shall transmit to the county chair of each of the political
parties participating in a partisan election in the county a complete copy of entries made in the
absentee ballot register. Such transmissions shall be made once each week beginning four weeks
immediately prior to the election. A final copy shall be transmitted on the Saturday immediately
following the election.
F. If the county clerk has available the technology to do so, at the request of a candidate or chair
of a political party of the county, the county clerk shall electronically transmit to the candidate or
chair via the internet the information, when updated, on the absentee ballot register indicating voters who have requested absentee ballots, returned their absentee ballots or voted early in person.