As used in the Election Code [Chapter 1 NMSA 1978]:

A. "county" means any county in this state;

B. "county register" means an official file of original certificates of registration of the county or any of its precincts;

C. "county voter list" means a voter list arranged in alphabetical order of voter surname within and for each county;

D. "data processor" means a data processing facility and its associated employees and agents contracted to provide data processing services required by the Voter Records System Act;

E. "data recording media" means a manual, electronic or other device containing data capable of being read and processed by any means for the eventual preparation of voter lists;

F. "election campaign purposes" means relating in any way to a campaign in an election conducted by a federal, state or local government;

G. "file maintenance list" means any prepared listing that reflects additions, deletions or changes to the voter file;

H. "governmental purposes" means noncommercial purposes relating in any way to the structure, operation or decision making of a federal, state or local government;

I. "mailing labels" mean prepared mailing labels of selected voters arranged in the order in which requested and providing only the name and address of the voter;

J. "precinct voter list" means a voter list arranged in alphabetical order of voter surname within and for each precinct;

K. "signature roster" means a copy of a voter list with space provided opposite each voter's name for the voter's signature or witnessed mark;

L. "special voter list" means a prepared list of selected voters arranged in the order in which requested;

M. "voter data" means selected information derived from the voter file;

N. "voter file" means all voter registration information required by law and by the secretary of state that has been extracted from the certificate of registration of each voter in the county, stored on data recording media and certified by the county clerk as the source of all information required by the Voter Records System Act; and

O. "voter list" means any prepared list of voters.

History: 1953 Comp., § 3-5-2, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 240, § 104; 1975, ch. 255, § 63; 1985, ch. 77, § 1; 1987, ch. 249, § 14; 1989, ch. 392, § 7; 1993, ch. 314, § 32; 1993, ch. 316, § 32; 1993, ch. 363, § 1; 1995, ch. 166, § 1; 2001, ch. 146, § 1; 2005, ch. 270, § 24.

The 2005 amendment, effective July 1, 2005, deleted the former definitions of "county register", "voter list", "signature roster", "active data processing media", "intermediate records", "voter file", "program records", "mailing labels", "special voter lists", "statistical data", "voter data", "data processor", "file maintenance list", "precinct voter list", "county voter list", "unofficial election canvassing file", "unofficial election canvassing system", "election campaign purposes", and "governmental purposes" in Subsections B through T respectively, and added the definitions in Subsections B through O.

The 2001 amendment, effective June 15, 2001, deleted "arranged in alphabetical order by voter surname and, if for more than one precinct, without regard to precincts" from the end of Subsection B; substituted "prepared list" for "machine-prepared list" throughout the section; in Subsection E, deleted "punched cards, punched tape, magnetic cards" following "means", substituted "computer" for "suitable machinery", deleted "machine" preceding "preparation"; and added Subsections S and T.

The 1995 amendment, effective June 16, 1995, substituted "certificates" for "affidavits"in Subsection B; in Subsection G, substituted "that" for "which" and "certificate" for "affidavit"; deleted "and providing no more than the name, gender, address, telephone number if its dissemination is not prohibited by the voter, political party affiliation and precinct of the voter", from the end of Subsection J; deleted "and includes no more than the precinct, gender, political party affiliation and year of birth" from the end of Subsection K; and deleted "and includes no more than the voter's name, gender, address, telephone number if its dissemination is not prohibited by the voter, political party affiliation and precinct" from the end of Subsection L.

The 1993 amendment, effective June 18, 1993, inserted "telephone number if its dissemination is not prohibited by the voter" in Subsections J and L, and made a stylistic change in Subsection N.