{"data":{"id":"us-nm/1-20-18","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"1-20-18","heading":"Permitting a prisoner to vote.","body":"A. Permitting a prisoner to vote consists of a warden of a penitentiary, a sheriff or jailer or any other person having custody of a convict or prisoner taking him or permitting him to be taken to a polling place for the purposes of voting in any election.\nWhoever permits a prisoner to vote is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be sentenced pursuant to the provisions of Section 31-19-1 NMSA 1978.\nB. This section does not prohibit permitting a prisoner convicted of a misdemeanor from voting by absentee ballot pursuant to the provisions of the Absent Voter Act [Chapter 1, Article 6 NMSA 1978].","path":["Chapter 1 - Elections","ARTICLE 20 Offenses and Penalties"],"source_url":"https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa-unanno/en/item/18502/index.do","current_through":"2026-05-20","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:02:19Z","sha256":"a17f4a1049887da66fc678e8b9630a2930dd32afa631c2f0be72aacce3ea72cb","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/1-20-17","next":"us-nm/1-20-19"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}