Navajo times., 1962-03-28
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Voting Machines
ADOPTION OF VOTING MACHINES
The Committee On Elections may adopt
for use in elections and primary elections
or for use in any other election held or the
Navajo Reservation, any kind of voting ma
chine approved by the State Election
Authority.
PAYMENT OF VOTING MACHINES
To the extent OF available and appropriated
funds, the Committee on Elections may
purchase as many voting machines as maybe
necessary to conduct State and Federal
Elections on the Navajo Reservation within
the boundaries of the State of New Mexico.
Such voting machines shall be the property
of the Navajo Tribe, and such machines
may be leased to political subdivisions of
the state of New Mexico by the Committee
on Elections. All monies received by the
Committee on Elections for the lease of
such machines shall be credited and paid
into the fund budgeted for the payment of
such machines and the maintenance of the
same.
CARE AND CUSTODY OF VOTING MA
CHIMES
The Committee on Elections shall keep
all voting machines in repair and shall have
custody thereof. An official designated blythe
Committee on Elections and the State Elec-
tion Authority shall be charged with the care
and custody OF the keys and seals for the
voting machines.
BALLOT LABELS
All ballots shall be of the same general
type and specifications as used throughout
the county in which the voting machine is
located. In counties where the County Com
miSsioners have not adopted voting machines
for use in elections and primary elections,
the Committee on Elections shall, in cooper
alton with the County Clerk of such county,
adopt ballot label for use in Tribal voting
machines.
PREPARATION OF VOTING MACHINES FOR
USE AT ELECTIONS
Certification by the Committee on Elec-
tions and the County Clerk that the voting
machines were properly prepared for cleo
tion shall be conclusive unless judicial pro-
ceedings to restrain the use of any or all
machines are instituted within two days
after such certification.
SCHOOL OF INSTRUCTION
Not less than three ~ days before an
election or primary election, the Committee
on Elections. in cooperation with the State
Election Authority, shall cause to be held
a public school of instruction for those
Navajos who will actually conduct the cleo
tion or primary election at the polling
places: said school to be opened to any
interested person and notice of such meet
ing shall be published in the Navajo Times
at least once prior to the date of commence
nlent of such instruction.
DISABLED VOTING MACHINES
In the event voting machine becomes
disabled and Cannot be repaired within a
rea sonable length of time, the Committee on
Elections, in cooperation with the County
Clerk of the county wherein such polling place
is located, shall provide emergency ballots
in the form prescribed elsewhere In this
Code.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
To the extent not provided in this Code,
the provisions of Chapter 8, Article 4, Sec
tions 13, IA, IS, 16, II, Is and Is of the
New Mexico Statutes are, by this reference,
made part of this Code.
All voting machines shall remain locked
against voting for a period of thirty-one
1917 days or, if the Election Committee is
duly notified that contest is likely to
develop. for such time as may be deemed
advisable; provided, however, such time
shall not be for period of time that will
interfere with or prohibit the use of such
machines in subsequent election.
The provisions of this Code relating to
the conduct OF elections shall. as far as
practicable, apply to the conduct of cleo
otherwise provided.
ABSENTEE VOTING
Absentee ballots shall be obtained and
cast in accordance with Chapter 8, Article
S, Sections 1O-1S of the New Mexico Statutes.
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