§ NMSA 1978, § 1-12-29.1Qualifying provisional, absentee and other paper ballots

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Qualifying provisional, absentee and other paper ballots.
A. The secretary of state shall issue rules to create a uniform process and set of criteria for
deciding if provisional, absentee and other paper ballots shall be counted.
B. When qualifying provisional, absentee and other paper ballots, middle initials, suffixes and
addresses shall not be dispositive as to whether that person's ballot is qualified and counted in the
vote totals, provided that the county clerk can otherwise verify the person is a voter based on the
information provided on the outer envelope of the paper ballot or affidavit.

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