New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 1 - GENERAL GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
Chapter 10 - ELECTIONS AND ELECTED OFFICIALS
Part 30 - NATIVE AMERICAN VOTING
Section 1.10.30.9 - ACTION FOLLOWING RECEIPT OF A REQUEST
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
A. Location of alternate site. An alternate site located on the land of an Indian nation, tribe or pueblo shall conform to the same requirements applicable to other alternate voting locations for early voting in the county, except as specified in Section 1-6-5.8 NMSA 1978 and this rule.
B. Staffing of alternate site. The county clerk shall provide one presiding judge, one precinct official and one federally mandated interpreter/language translator.
C. Hours for operating alternate site. Except as provided in this subsection, pursuant to Section 1-6-5.7 NMSA 1978, beginning on the third Saturday before election day, an alternate site shall be open for early voting for at least eight consecutive hours through the Saturday immediately preceding the election. A county clerk may request and the secretary of state may grant a modification of these hours of operation from the secretary of state because of a hardship arising from inadequate facilities, difficulties with making appropriate personnel available or other exigent circumstances, provided the county clerk justifies in writing to the secretary of state the need for a modification.
D. Early voting procedures at alternate sites. Except as otherwise provided by law, county clerks shall use the same procedures for voting at alternate sites that are used at early voting sites not situated on the land of an Indian nation, tribe or pueblo.
