1-6B-8: Receipt of voted military-overseas ballots from federal qualified electors.

A. A military-overseas ballot shall be considered timely if it is received by the county clerk no later than the deadline for receiving mailed ballots in Section 1-6-10 NMSA 1978.

B. A federal qualified elector may transmit, and the county clerk shall accept, a military-overseas ballot by secured electronic transmission available to the county clerk when the military-overseas ballot is sent directly by the voter to that clerk; provided that, when sending a military-overseas ballot as described in this subsection:

(1) the federal qualified elector signs an affidavit waiving the right of secrecy of the federal qualified elector's ballot;

(2) the federal qualified elector transmits the affidavit with the military-overseas ballot; and

(3) the county clerk places the received ballot in a holding envelope provided by the secretary of state for this purpose and delivers the ballot to the appropriate election board.