Section 1-20-18 - Permitting a prisoner to vote. - New Mexico Statutes

1-20-18. Permitting a prisoner to vote.

A.     Permitting a prisoner to vote consists of a warden of a penitentiary, a sheriff or jailer or any other person having custody of a convict or prisoner taking him or permitting him to be taken to a polling place for the purposes of voting in any election.   

Whoever permits a prisoner to vote is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be sentenced pursuant to the provisions of Section 31-19-1 NMSA 1978.   

B.     This section does not prohibit permitting a prisoner convicted of a misdemeanor from voting by absentee ballot pursuant to the provisions of the Absent Voter Act [1-6-1 to 1-6-18 NMSA 1978].