AI-assisted research summary: The secretary of state must mail a voter notification for each statewide election at least 42 days before the election, and the county clerk must do so for each special election at least 49 days before.
1-11-4.1. Voter notification. A. At least forty-two days prior to each statewide election, the secretary of state, on behalf of each county clerk, shall mail a voter notification of the election. The voter notification shall include: (1) the date and purpose of the election; (2) an internet address where a voter may apply for a mailed ballot; (3) a telephone number where a voter may call to request the paper form of the mailed ballot application; (4) a list of the days and times and addresses of early voting locations and voter convenience centers where a voter may vote in person; and (5) a list of the locations of monitored secured containers where a voter may return a mailed ballot. B. At least forty-nine days prior to each special election, the county clerk shall mail a voter notification of the election. The voter notification shall include: (1) the date and purpose of the election; (2) notification that the election will be conducted by mail and that no polling places will be available for the special election; (3) the deadline for voted mailed ballots to be received by the county clerk and the recommended deadline to deposit the voted mailed ballot with the United States postal service for return by mail, which shall be seven days before the election; (4) the address and the telephone number of the county clerk's office for a voter requiring a replacement ballot or returning a mailed ballot; and (5) a list of the monitored secured containers where a voter may return a mailed ballot. C. The voter notification shall be sent to each voter, except the voter notification shall not be sent to a voter whose: (1) election mail has been returned as undeliverable and who has not updated the voter's certificate of registration with a new address; (2) ballot is delivered pursuant to the provisions of the Uniform Military and Overseas Voters Act [Chapter 1, Article 6B NMSA 1978]; (3) ballot is delivered pursuant to the provisions of the Intimate Partner Violence Survivor Suffrage Act [1-6C-1 to 1-6C-9 NMSA 1978]; or (4) ballot, in a statewide election, is delivered pursuant to the provisions of Section 1- 6-22.1 NMSA 1978. History: 1978 Comp., § 1-11-4.1, enacted by Laws 2023, ch. 39, § 61.