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NM Stat § 1-9-7.8 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 1 - Elections|Article 9 - Voting Machines|Section 1-9-7.8 - Voting systems; operational requirements.

Voting systems certified for use in state elections shall: A. have internal application software that is specifically designed and engineered for the election application; B. include comprehensive diagnostics designed to ensure that failures do not go undetected; C. have a real-time clock capable of recording and documenting the total time polls are opened; and D. have a self-contained, internal backup battery that powers all components of the system that are powered by alternating current power; and, in the event of a power outage in the polling place: (1) the self-contained, internal backup battery power shall engage with no disruption of operation for at least two hours and with no loss of data; and (2) the system shall maintain all vote totals, public counter totals and the internal clock time in the event that the main power and battery backup power fail. History: Laws 2010, ch. 28, § 6. ANNOTATIONSEmergency clauses. — Laws 2010, ch. 28, § 24 contained an emergency clause and was approved March 3, 2010.
NM Stat § 1-9-7.9 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 1 - Elections|Article 9 - Voting Machines|Section 1-9-7.9 - Voting systems; memory; removable storage media device; requirements.

Voting systems certified for use in state elections shall: A. be programmable with removable storage media devices; B. contain ballot control information, summary vote totals, maintenance logs and operator logs on the removable storage media device; C. ensure that the votes stored on the removable storage media device accurately represent the actual votes cast; D. be designed so that no executable code can be launched from random access memory; E. have any operating system software stored in nonvolatile memory, which shall include internal quality checks such as parity or error detection and correction codes, and which software shall include comprehensive diagnostics to ensure that failures do not go undetected; F. allow for pre-election testing of the ballot control logic and accuracy, with results stored in the memory that is used on election day, and shall be capable of printing a zero-results printout prior to these tests and a results printout after the test; G. have internal audit trail capability such that all pre-election, election day and post-election events shall be stored, recorded and recovered in an easy-to-read printed form and be retained within memory that does not require external power for memory retention; H. possess the capability of remote transmission of election results to a central location only by reading the removable storage media devices once they have been removed from the tabulation device after the poll closing sequence has been completed; and I. prevent data from being altered or destroyed by report generation or by the transmission of results. History: Laws 2010, ch. 28, § 7. ANNOTATIONSEmergency clauses. — Laws 2010, ch. 28, § 24 contained an emergency clause and was approved March 3, 2010.
NM Stat § 1-9-7.10 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 1 - Elections|Article 9 - Voting Machines|Section 1-9-7.10 - Voting systems; ballot handling and processing requirements.

Voting systems certified for use in state elections shall: A. accept a ballot that is a minimum of six inches wide and a maximum of twenty-four inches long, in dual columns and printed on both sides; B. accept a ballot in any orientation when inserted by a voter; C. have the capability to reject a ballot on which a voter has made more than the allowable number of selections in any contest; D. be designed to accommodate the maximum number of ballot styles or ballot variations encountered in the largest New Mexico election jurisdiction; and E. be able to read a single ballot with at least four hundred twenty voting positions. History: Laws 2010, ch. 28, § 8. ANNOTATIONSEmergency clauses. — Laws 2010, ch. 28, § 24 contained an emergency clause and was approved March 3, 2010.
NM Stat § 1-9-7.11 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 1 - Elections|Article 9 - Voting Machines|Section 1-9-7.11 - Voting systems; source code; escrow.

As a condition of initial certification and continued certification, the source code that operates a voting system shall be placed in escrow and be accessible to the state of New Mexico in the event the manufacturer ceases to do business or ceases to support the voting system. History: Laws 2010, ch. 28, § 9. ANNOTATIONSEmergency clauses. — Laws 2010, ch. 28, § 24 contained an emergency clause and was approved March 3, 2010.
NM Stat § 1-9-8 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 1 - Elections|Article 9 - Voting Machines|Section 1-9-8 - Repealed.

History: 1953 Comp., § 3-9-9, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 240, § 191; 1972, ch. 28, § 3; 1975, ch. 255, § 117; 2001, ch. 233, § 6; repealed by Laws 2010, ch. 28, § 22.ANNOTATIONSRepeals. — Laws 2010, ch. 28, § 22 repealed 1-9-8 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 240, § 191, relating to lease-purchase contracts for purchase of additional voting systems, effective March 3, 2010. For provisions of former section, see the 2009 NMSA 1978 on NMOneSource.com.
NM Stat § 1-9-9 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 1 - Elections|Article 9 - Voting Machines|Section 1-9-9 - Repealed.

ANNOTATIONSRepeals. — Laws 1992, ch. 59, § 2 repealed 1-9-9 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 240, § 192, relating to method of payment by counties, effective July 1, 1992. For provisions of former section, see the 1991 NMSA 1978 on NMOneSource.com.
NM Stat § 1-9-10 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 1 - Elections|Article 9 - Voting Machines|Section 1-9-10 - Repealed.

ANNOTATIONSRepeals. — Laws 2001, ch. 233, § 16 repealed 1-9-10 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 240, § 193, relating to lever machine disposition, effective June 15, 2001. For provisions of former section, see the 2000 NMSA 1978 on NMOneSource.com.
NM Stat § 1-9-11 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 1 - Elections|Article 9 - Voting Machines|Section 1-9-11 - Repealed.

ANNOTATIONSRepeals. — Laws 1991, ch. 106, § 12 repealed 1-9-11 NMSA 1978 as enacted by Laws 1972, ch. 28, § 1, relating to lever voting machine revolving fund, effective April 2, 1991. For provisions of former section, see the 1990 NMSA 1978 on NMOneSource.com.
NM Stat § 1-9-13 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 1 - Elections|Article 9 - Voting Machines|Section 1-9-13 - Voting system technicians.

A. Voting system technicians shall be trained and certified by the secretary of state as to their adequacy of training and expertise on voting systems certified for use in the state. B. The secretary of state shall train and recertify voting system technicians prior to each primary election. C. For purposes of this section, "voting system technician" means any person who is trained and certified to program, inspect, properly store and troubleshoot voting systems. D. The secretary of state shall adopt rules regulating the scope of training provided to voting system technicians to ensure that voting system warranties are not invalidated and that equipment owned by the state is protected. History: 1953 Comp., § 3-9-14, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 255, § 121; 1977, ch. 222, § 23; 1985, ch. 207, § 13; 1987, ch. 249, § 24; 1991, ch. 106, § 6; 2001, ch. 233, § 8; 2010, ch. 28, § 16. ANNOTATIONSThe 2010 amendment, effective March 3, 2010, in the catchline, after "technicians", deleted "approval of contracts"; deleted former Subsection A, which provided that the secretary of state shall approve all arrangements between a county and a voting system technician based on the adequacy of the training and expertise of the technician and the reasonableness of the compensation for the services based on the type of election and number of systems used; in Subsection A, after "technicians shall be", added "trained and"; after "and expertise on", deleted "electronic"; and after "voting systems", added "certified for use in the state"; added Subsection B; in Subsection C, after "means any person who", deleted "programs, clears, inspects, repairs electronic" and added "is trained and certified to program, inspect, properly store and troubleshoot"; and at the end of the sentence, deleted "for compensation"; and in Subsection D, after "shall adopt rules", deleted "governing the use, maintenance and repair of electronic voting systems" and added the remainder of the sentence. The 2001 amendment, effective June 15, 2001, substituted "voting system" for "voting machine" throughout the section; deleted the provisions that specified compensation amounts for voting system technicians in Subsection A; and deleted "lever voting machines and" preceding "electronic voting systems" in Subsections B, C and D. The 1991 amendment, effective April 2, 1991, in Paragraph (2) of Subsection A, inserted "for programming" and "lever-type voting" in the first sentence and added the second and third sentences.
NM Stat § 1-9-15 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 1 - Elections|Article 9 - Voting Machines|Section 1-9-15 - Repealed.

History: 1953 Comp., § 1-9-15, enacted by Laws 1985, ch. 207, § 14; 1989, ch. 297, § 2; 1991, ch. 106, § 8; 2001, ch. 233, § 10; 2003, ch. 356, § 25; repealed by Laws 2010, ch. 28, § 22.ANNOTATIONSRepeals. — Laws 2010, ch. 28, § 22 repealed 1-9-15 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1985, ch. 207, § 14, relating to electronic recording and tabulating voting systems, effective March 3, 2010. For provisions of former section, see the 2009 NMSA 1978 on NMOneSource.com.
NM Stat § 1-9-16 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 1 - Elections|Article 9 - Voting Machines|Section 1-9-16 - Repealed.

History: 1978 Comp., § 1-9-16, enacted by Laws 1985, ch. 207, § 15; 1989, ch. 297, § 3; 1991, ch. 106, § 9; 2001, ch. 233, § 11; 2003, ch. 356, § 26; repealed by Laws 2010, ch. 28, § 22.ANNOTATIONSRepeals. — Laws 2010, ch. 28, § 22 repealed 1-9-16 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1985, ch. 207, § 15, relating to electronic vote tabulating systems, effective March 3, 2010. For provisions of former section, see the 2009 NMSA 1978 on NMOneSource.com.
NM Stat § 1-9-17 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 1 - Elections|Article 9 - Voting Machines|Section 1-9-17 - Additional voting systems; state board of finance; lease-purchase contract; terms.

A. The state board of finance shall execute a lease-purchase contract with the county for purchase of additional voting systems and the necessary support equipment upon receipt of the application of the board of county commissioners pursuant to Section 1-9-7 NMSA 1978. B. The lease-purchase contract shall include, but not be limited to, the following terms: (1) the county agrees to purchase from the state board of finance the specified number of voting systems and the necessary support equipment; (2) the county will pay for the cost of the systems and support equipment, including reimbursement for costs of transportation; (3) the term of the lease-purchase contract shall not exceed ten years; (4) the care, custody and proper storage of the systems and support equipment pursuant to specifications issued by the secretary of state is the responsibility of the county clerk; and (5) upon good cause shown, the terms of the lease-purchase contract may, at any time, be renegotiated. History: 1978 Comp., § 1-9-17, enacted by Laws 1985, ch. 207, § 16; 1991, ch. 106, § 10; 2001, ch. 233, § 12; 2010, ch. 28, § 18. ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For the state board of finance, see 6-1-1 NMSA 1978. The 2010 amendment, effective March 3, 2010, in the catchline, deleted "Electronic" and added "Additional", and after "voting systems;", added "state"; in Subsection A, after "purchase of", deleted "electronic" and added "additional" and after "county commissioners", added "pursuant to Section 1-9-7 NMSA 1978"; in Subsection B(1), after "specified number of", deleted "electronic"; in Subsection B(3), after "shall not exceed", deleted "twenty" and added "ten"; and in Subsection B(4), after "custody and", deleted "maintenance" and added "proper storage", and after "support equipment", added "pursuant to specifications issued by the secretary of state". The 2001 amendment, effective June 15, 2001, substituted "systems" for "machines" throughout the section. The 1991 amendment, effective April 2, 1991, purported to amend this section but made no change.
NM Stat § 1-9-17.1 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 1 - Elections|Article 9 - Voting Machines|Section 1-9-17.1 - Voting systems; renegotiation of lease-purchase contract; disposition of voting systems.

A. A lease-purchase contract for a voting system entered into between the state board of finance and a county pursuant to Section 1-9-17 NMSA 1978, after a renegotiation pursuant to Paragraph (5) of Subsection B of that section, may include provisions providing that, upon the return of physical control of the voting systems to the state board of finance, the contract shall be terminated and no additional payments from the county shall be due. The state board of finance may dispose of voting systems returned pursuant to this subsection in any manner that is consistent with the interests of the state. B. Upon application by the board of county commissioners, the secretary of state shall dispose of voting systems and support equipment purchased after January 1, 2007 by the board of county commissioners. The application shall include a provision for the transfer of ownership in the voting systems to the state without fee or compensation to the county. History: 1978 Comp. § 1-9-17.1, as enacted by Laws 2009, ch. 173, § 1; 2010, ch. 28, § 19. ANNOTATIONSThe 2010 amendment, effective March 3, 2010, in the catchline, deleted "electronic", and after "purchase contract;", added "disposition of voting systems"; in Subsection A, in the first sentence, after "contract for", deleted "an electronic" and added "a"; after "Section", deleted "1-19-17" and added "1-9-17"; after "providing that, upon the", deleted "transfer of the ownership in" and added "return of physical control of" and after "physical control of the", deleted "electronic"; and in the second sentence, after "may dispose of", deleted "electronic" and after "voting systems", deleted "acquired" and added "returned"; and added Subsection B.
NM Stat § 1-9-18 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 1 - Elections|Article 9 - Voting Machines|Section 1-9-18 - Electronic voting systems; method of payment by counties.

A. The department of finance and administration and the board of county commissioners shall budget annually for as many years as may be necessary from county funds in each county acquiring electronic voting systems and support equipment an amount sufficient to enable the county to pay to the state board of finance installment payments required to be paid under the terms of the lease-purchase contract. B. The board of county commissioners of each county having a lease-purchase contract with the state board of finance shall pay such payments, at the times and in the amounts as provided by the terms of the lease-purchase contract. The state board of finance shall deposit the payments into the severance tax bonding fund if the electronic voting systems and support equipment were originally purchased with severance tax bond proceeds. The state board of finance shall deposit the payments into the electronic voting system revolving fund if the electronic voting systems were originally purchased with money from the electronic voting system revolving fund. History: 1978 Comp., § 1-9-18, enacted by Laws 1985, ch. 207, § 17; 2001, ch. 233, § 13. ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For the electronic voting machine revolving fund, see 1-9-19 NMSA 1978. For the severance tax bond fund, see 7-27-2 NMSA 1978. The 2001 amendment, effective June 15, 2001, substituted "systems" for "machines" and "system" for "machine" throughout the section.
NM Stat § 1-9-19 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 1 - Elections|Article 9 - Voting Machines|Section 1-9-19 - Voting system revolving fund.

A. The "voting system revolving fund" is created. The voting system revolving fund may be used: (1) by the secretary of state to pay for hardware, software, firmware, maintenance and support for voting systems, whether state- or county-owned, certified for use in state elections; and (2) by the counties to finance, by contract, the purchase of voting systems and necessary support equipment under the conditions stated in Section 1-9-17 NMSA 1978; provided that no expenditure shall be made pursuant to this paragraph if it would result in a fund balance of less than one million dollars ($1,000,000). B. The voting system revolving fund may be expended upon vouchers signed by the secretary of finance and administration. C. If at the end of a fiscal year the voting system revolving fund exceeds six million five hundred thousand dollars ($6,500,000), the amount in excess of six million five hundred thousand dollars ($6,500,000) shall revert to the general fund. History: 1978 Comp., § 1-9-19, enacted by Laws 1985, ch. 207, § 18; 2001, ch. 233, § 14; 2003, ch. 356, § 27; 2010, ch. 28, § 20. ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For the general fund, see 6-4-2 NMSA 1978. The 2010 amendment, effective March 3, 2010, in the catchline, deleted "Electronic"; in Subsection A, in the first sentence, after "The", deleted "electronic", and in the second sentence, after "The", deleted "electronic"; added Paragraph (1) of Subsection A; in Subsection A(2), at the beginning of the sentence, added "by the counties to"; after "the purchase of", deleted "electronic"; and after "Section 1-9-17 NMSA 1978;", added the remainder of the sentence; in Subsection B, in the first sentence, after "The", deleted "electronic"; and in Subsection C, after "fiscal year the", deleted "electronic". The 2003 amendment, effective July 1, 2003, substituted "six million five hundred thousand dollars ($6,500,000)" for "four million dollars ($4,000,000)" in the last sentence. The 2001 amendment, effective June 15, 2001, substituted "systems" for "machines" and "system" for "machine" throughout the section; and substituted "four million dollars ($4,000,000)" for "two million dollars ($2,000,000)" in two places at the end of the section.
NM Stat § 1-9-20 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 1 - Elections|Article 9 - Voting Machines|Section 1-9-20 - Systems designed to print ballots at polling locations; ballot preparation requirements.

Systems designed to print ballots at polling locations shall provide the general capabilities for ballot preparation and shall be capable of: A. enabling the automatic formatting of ballots in accordance with the requirements of the Election Code, as amended from time to time, for offices, candidates and questions qualified to be placed on the ballot for each political subdivision and election district; B. supporting the maximum number of potentially active voting positions; C. generating ballots for a primary election that segregate the choices in partisan contests by party affiliation; D. generating ballots that contain identifying codes or marks uniquely associated with each format; E. ensuring that voting response fields properly align with the specific candidate names or questions printed on the ballot; F. generating ballots that can be tabulated by all certified voting systems in the state; G. generating a ballot for an individual voter based on voter registration data provided by state or county; H. functionality in absentee, early and election day voting environments; I. providing absentee ballot tracking ability; J. uniform allocation of space and fonts used for each office, candidate and question such that the voter perceives no active voting position to be preferred to any other; K. rendering the ballot in any of the written languages required by the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended; L. conformity with optical scan vote tabulator vendor specifications for type of paper stock, weight, size and shape; size and location of voting positions used to record votes; folding; bleed-through; and ink for printing; and M. interfacing with the statewide voter file for the exchange of data. History: Laws 2011, ch. 137, § 66. ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2011, ch. 137, § 111 made Laws 2011, ch. 137, § 66 effective July 1, 2011.
NM Stat § 1-9-21 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 1 - Elections|Article 9 - Voting Machines|Section 1-9-21 - Systems designed to print ballots at polling locations; security requirements.

Systems designed to print ballots at polling locations shall provide the security capabilities for ballot preparation and shall be capable of: A. providing a full audit trail of individual voter activity; B. providing full ballot production audit logs for all activity, including absentee voting by mail, in-person absentee voting, early voting, provisional voting and spoiling ballots; C. creation and preservation of an audit trail of every ballot issued, including during a period of interrupted communication in the event of loss of network connectivity; D. suitable security passwords at user, administrator and management levels; E. preventing the modification of ballot formatting by polling place users; and F. retaining full functionality and capability of printing ballots during a period of interrupted communication in the event of loss of network connectivity. History: Laws 2011, ch. 137, § 67. ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2011, ch. 137, § 111 made Laws 2011, ch. 137, § 67 effective July 1, 2011.
NM Stat § 1-9-22 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 1 - Elections|Article 9 - Voting Machines|Section 1-9-22 - Systems designed to print ballots at polling locations; hardware, software and usability requirements.

Systems designed to print ballots at polling locations shall: A. provide hardware requirements that: (1) shall be networkable and scalable for multi-user environments; (2) function without degradation in capabilities after transit to and from the place of use; (3) function without degradation in capabilities after storage between elections; (4) function in the natural environment, including variations in temperature, humidity and atmospheric pressure; (5) function in an induced environment, including proper and improper operation and handling of the system and its components during the election process; (6) contain prominent instructions as to any special requirements; (7) have no restrictions on space allowed for installation, except that the arrangement of the system shall not impede the performance of duties by election workers, the orderly flow of voters through the polling place or the ability of voters to vote in private; and (8) operate with the electrical supply ordinarily found in polling place, nominal one hundred twenty volts alternating current, sixty hertz, single phase; B. provide software requirements that shall: (1) be capable of exporting voter data and voter activity status data to state and county voter registration systems; (2) be capable of generating all required absentee and early voting signature rosters in a state-approved format; (3) generate daily and to-date activity reports based on user-defined criteria; and (4) have both single transaction and batch transaction absentee production capability; and C. be capable of being operated by computer users familiar with a graphical user interface. History: 2011, ch. 137, § 68. ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2011, ch. 137, § 111 made Laws 2011, ch. 137, § 68 effective July 1, 2011.