1. A. A federal qualified elector may register to vote using any of the following methods; provided that the document is received by the county clerk by the deadline for registering to vote as provided in Section 1-4-8 NMSA 1978:

   1. (1) using the procedures provided in Chapter 1, Article 4 NMSA 1978; or
   2. (2) using a federal postcard application or the application's approved electronic equivalent.
2. B. A voter's certificate of registration completed pursuant to the Uniform Military and Overseas Voters Act shall remain valid until canceled in accordance with the procedures specified in Chapter 1, Article 4 NMSA 1978.

3. C. In registering to vote, a federal qualified elector shall use and must be assigned to the voting precinct of the address of:

   1. (1) the residence of the voter, if the voter resides in this state; or
   2. (2) the last place of residence of the voter in this state, or the last place of residence in this state of the parent or legal guardian of the voter if the voter did not reside in this state; provided that if that address is no longer a recognized residential address, the voter shall be assigned an address or other location within that precinct.
4. D. A federal qualified elector who registered for the first time in this state by mail is exempt pursuant to federal law from the requirement to provide documentary identification as otherwise required by Subsection F of Section 1-6-4 NMSA 1978.

History: Laws 2015, ch. 145, § 29; 2019, ch. 212, § 80; 2023, ch. 39, § 36.

ANNOTATIONS

The 2023 amendment, effective June 16, 2023, provided that a federal qualified elector who registered for the first time in this state by mail is exempt pursuant to federal law from the requirement to provide documentary identification as otherwise required by state law; and added Subsection D.

The 2019 amendment, effective April 3, 2019, revised the list of methods of registering to vote, and provided statutory citations for references to the Election Code; in Subsection A, Paragraph A(1), after "provided in", added "Chapter 1", after "Article 4", deleted "of the Election Code" and added "NMSA 1978", deleted former Paragraph A(3); in Subsection B, after "valid until", deleted "the voter’s certificate of registration is", and after "specified in", added "Chapter 1", and after "Article 4", deleted "of the Election Code" and added "NMSA 1978".

Applicability. — Laws 2015, ch. 145, § 102 provided that the Uniform Military and Overseas Voters Act is applicable to any federal postcard application received as of the first day of the current election cycle.