1. A. Within 31 days following adoption of this rule, the secretary shall select an auditor to create the initial New Mexico election alphabet.
2. B. The auditor shall publicly create a randomization of the alphabet utilizing a method in which each letter not yet selected has a statistically equal chance of being the next letter selected.
3. C. The randomized alphabet created by the auditor shall be the New Mexico election alphabet for the remainder of the current election cycle.

4. D. Once created, the secretary shall post the initial New Mexico election alphabet as soon as practicable on its website.

   History of 1.10.7 NMAC:

   1.10.7 NMAC - Determination of Ballot Position for United States Representative Special Elections, filed 3/15/1997; Recompiled 11/30/2001, was repealed and replaced by 1.10.7 NMAC - Randomization Of Candidate Names On Ballots, effective 2/25/2020

[1.10.7.12 NMAC – N, 2/25/2020]