{"data":{"id":"us-nm/1-6b-8","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"1-6B-8","heading":"Receipt of voted military-overseas ballots from federal qualified electors.","body":"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.\nB. 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:\n(1) the federal qualified elector signs an affidavit waiving the right of secrecy of the federal qualified elector's ballot;\n(2) the federal qualified elector transmits the affidavit with the military-overseas ballot; and\n(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.","path":["Chapter 1 - Elections","ARTICLE 6B Uniform Military and Overseas Voters"],"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":"244e387a93d308dab46494b32a7c472193746c5a1bcc6047924bd97f7146e513","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/1-6b-7","next":"us-nm/1-6b-9"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}