§ NMSA 1978, § 1-9-7.10Voting systems; ballot handling and processing requirements

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Voting systems; ballot handling and processing requirements.
Voting systems certified for use in state elections shall:
A. accept a ballot that is a minimum of six inches wide and a maximum of twenty-four inches
long, in dual columns and printed on both sides;
B. accept a ballot in any orientation when inserted by a voter;
C. have the capability to reject a ballot on which a voter has made more than the allowable
number of selections in any contest;
D. be designed to accommodate the maximum number of ballot styles or ballot variations encountered in the largest New Mexico election jurisdiction; and
E. be able to read a single ballot with at least four hundred twenty voting positions.

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