NMSA 1-12-59. Viewing marked paper ballot

1-12-59. Viewing marked paper ballot. A. A voter may, on the voter's own initiative and using whatever form of communication or media chosen by the voter, voluntarily communicate any information regarding: (1) the name of any candidate in a candidate contest for whom the voter voted or for whom the voter abstained from voting; (2) the affirmative or negative vote cast by the voter on a ballot question or nonpartisan judicial retention election; or (3) any other information regarding the manner in which a voter marked a paper ballot in an election. B. No person shall solicit a voter to show the voter's marked paper ballot or coerce a voter to reveal any of the information listed in Subsection A of this section. C. No person shall disclose without the consent of the voter any of the information listed in Subsection A of this section. D. A violation of Subsection B or C of this section may constitute the crime of offering a bribe, coercion of employees, coercion of voters, intimidation or conspiracy to violate the Election Code. History: 1953 Comp., § 3-12-93, enacted by Laws 1977, ch. 222, § 62; 2009, ch. 150, § 24; 2019, ch. 212, § 116.