Section 1-12-25.2 - Conduct of election; provisional voting; information to voter; status of voter's ballot. - New Mexico Statutes

1-12-25.2. Conduct of election; provisional voting; information to voter; status of voter's ballot.

A.     If a voter is required to vote on a provisional paper ballot, the election judge shall give the voter written instructions on how the voter may determine whether the vote was counted and, if the vote was not counted, the reason it was not counted.

B.     The county clerk shall establish a free access system, such as a toll-free telephone number or internet web site, that a voter who casts a provisional paper ballot may access to ascertain whether the voter's ballot was counted and, if the vote was not counted, the reason it was not counted and how to appeal the decision pursuant to rules issued by the secretary of state.  Access to information about an individual voter's provisional ballot is restricted to the voter who cast the ballot.

C.     Beginning with the closing of the polls on election day through the tenth day following the election, the county clerk shall notify by mail each person whose provisional ballot was not counted of the reason the ballot was not counted.  The voter shall have until the Friday prior to the meeting of the state canvassing board to appeal to the county clerk a decision to reject the voter's ballot.