Election laws in New Mexico

The following are laws pertaning to elections and how they are governed in the State of New Mexico.

Third Party Registration

New Mexico requires organizations to disclose to the Secretary of State the names of

• The officers of the organization
• The name and permanent address of the organization
• The names, permanent and temporary addresses, and dates of birth of all of its volunteers or employees
• A sworn statement from its employees or volunteers agreeing to abide by applicable laws and regulations.

Organizations employing registration agents or using volunteer registration agents shall deliver or mail a certificate of registration to the Secretary of State or County Clerk within forty-eight hours of its completion, or deliver it the next business day if the appropriate office is closed for that forty-eight-hour period.

A person who intentionally violates the registration and disclosure requirement is guilty of a petty misdemeanor and the person’s third-party registration agent status shall be revoked. If an employee of an organization violates the requirements, and if she has decision-making authority involving the organization’s voter registration activities or is an officer of the organization, that organization shall be subject to civil penalties.

The Secretary of State issued rules requiring the Secretary of State to provide third-party registration agents with voter registration forms that have tear-off receipts for the applicants and traceable numbers. They also limit the number of voter registration forms to fifty per individual or organization, though the Secretary has discretion to increase the number to accommodate special circumstances

There are no requirements in the laws on payment of registration workers or residency requirements

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