A. After all certificates have been executed, the presiding judge and the two election judges shall place the checklist of voters and one copy of the certificate of returns in that polling place in the stamped, addressed envelope provided for that purpose and an election judge shall immediately mail it to the secretary of state.
B. The signature roster and the original certificate of returns in that polling place shall be returned to the county clerk. The signature roster and the certificate of returns shall not be placed in the ballot box.
C. Signature rosters, checklists of registered voters, certificates of returns and tally sheets in the custody of the county clerk and the secretary of state may be destroyed only pursuant to Section 1-12-69 NMSA 1978.
History: 1953 Comp., § 3-12-100, enacted by Laws 1977, ch. 222, § 69; 1987, ch. 249, § 41; 1991, ch. 105, § 38; 2009, ch. 150, § 29; 2011, ch. 137, § 100; 2019, ch. 212, § 118.
The 2019 amendment, effective April 3, 2019, replaced "tally sheet" with "certificate of return"; in Subsection A, after "After", deleted "the counting and tallying of paper ballots are completed and after", and after "one copy of the", deleted "tally sheet" and added "certificate of returns in that polling place"; in Subsection B, after "original", deleted "tally sheet" and added "certificate of returns in that polling place", and after "roster and the", deleted "tally sheet" and added "certificate of returns"; and in Subsection C, after "registered voters,", added "certificate of returns".
The 2011 amendment, effective July 1, 2011, permitted voter records to be destroyed only pursuant to Section 1-12-69 NMSA 1978.
The 2009 amendment, effective June 19, 2009, in Subsection A, after "tallying of", deleted "emergency"; after "judges shall place", deleted "one copy of the signature roster" and added "the checklist of voters"; and in Subsection B, after "The", deleted "remaining copy of the".
The 1991 amendment, effective April 2, 1991, inserted "checklists of registered voters" in Subsection C.
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