As used in the Federal Voting Rights Compliance Act:

A. "state" includes the District of Columbia;

B. "new resident" means any citizen of the United States not qualified to vote in New Mexico by reason of his period of residence in this state who, immediately prior to his removal to New Mexico, was a citizen of another state and who has been a resident of this state for not less than thirty days immediately prior to a presidential election and who will be eighteen years of age or over on the day of such election;

C. "former resident" means any citizen of the United States not qualified to vote in another state by reason of his period of residence in such state who, immediately prior to his removal to such state, was a citizen of New Mexico who, had he remained in New Mexico, would have qualified to vote in a presidential election and who has been a resident of such other state for less than thirty days immediately prior to a presidential election;

D. "federal election" means any general election, primary election or special election to fill a vacancy in the office of representative in congress;

E. "federal officers" means presidential electors, vice presidential electors, president, vice president, United States senator and United States representative in congress;

F. "federal ballot" means a ballot containing only the names of federal officers to be voted for in a federal election;

G. "presidential election" means any primary election or general election held for the purpose of voting for electors for president and vice president or for president and vice president;

H. "presidential ballot" means a ballot containing only the names of presidential electors, vice presidential electors, or president and vice president; and

I. "presidential officers" means presidential electors, vice presidential electors, president and vice president.

History: 1953 Comp., § 3-21-2, enacted by Laws 1971, ch. 322, § 2; 1973, ch. 138, § 4.