Section 1-11-6 - Voting machines; manner of preparing. - New Mexico Statutes

1-11-6. Voting machines; manner of preparing.

Thirty days prior to an election the county clerk shall:   

A.     certify to the secretary of state and all county party chairmen the type and serial number of each voting machine intended to be used in each precinct, by precinct number; and   

B.     prepare, in the presence of those persons entitled to be present, the lever voting machines and electronic voting machines for the election as follows:   

(1)     all public, candidate and question counters shall be set at zero;   

(2)     assisted by watchers, each such counter shall be tested for accuracy by casting votes upon it until it correctly registers each vote cast;   

(3)     each such counter shall be reset at zero and the voting machine shall be immediately sealed with a numbered metal seal so as to prevent operation of the machine or its registering counters without breaking the seal; and   

(4)     on the certificate for that voting machine there shall be recorded:   

(a)     the number on the seal; and   

(b)     the reading shown on the protective counter.