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1985 vol. II 1217 (1985)

handle is hein.ssl/ssnm0050 and id is 1 raw text is: CHAP. 197

LAWS OF 1985

1217

CHAPTER 197
AN ACT
RELATING TO ELECTIONS; AMENDING A SECTION OF THE NMSA 1978 PERTAINING
TO CANCELLATION OF REGISTRATION.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
Section 1. Section 1-I-28 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1975, Chapter
255, Section 46, as amended) is amended to read:
1-4-28. CANCEi.LATION OF REGISTRATION--CERTAIN FAILURE TO VOTE--
SUSPENSION--NOTICE.--
A. 'The failure of a voter to vote at the last general elec-
tion and primary election shall be grounds for cancellation of affida-
vits or registration by the board of registration.
B. The secretary of state shall prescribe procedures for
ascertaining whether a voter has voted at the last general election.
C. After a determination that a voter has apparently not
voted, the board of registration shall suspend the affidavit of
registration for sixty days.
D. The county clerk, upon direction or the board of regis-
tration, shall mail a notice to the voter at his residence address
shown on the affidavit of registration.
E. The suspended affidavit of registration shall be can-
celed unless within the sixty-day suspension period the board of reg-
istration receives written notice from the voter that:
(1) he still maintains residence as stated in his
affidavit of registration;
Senate Bill 425,aa
Approved April 4, 1985

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