The county clerk shall:

A. ensure that voters have adequate access to early voting in the county, taking into consideration population density and travel time to the location of voting;

B. ensure that early voters are not allowed to vote in person on election day;

C. ensure that adequate interpreters are available at alternate voting locations in those precincts having a majority of qualified electors who are part of a recognized language minority; and

D. based on rules adopted by the secretary of state, allow for mobile alternate voting locations that may be set up temporarily in specified precincts of the county during the period when early voting is allowed at alternate voting locations.

History: Laws 2003, ch. 357, § 6; 2005, ch. 270, § 45; 2007, ch. 193, § 1; 2009, ch. 251, § 7; 2011, ch. 137, § 41; 2019, ch. 212, § 65.

The 2019 amendment, effective April 3, 2019, removed the rural area limitation for mobile alternate voting locations; in Subsection A, after "adequate access to", deleted "alternate voting locations for"; and in Subsection D, after "mobile alternate voting locations", deleted "in rural areas".

The 2011 amendment, effective July 1, 2011, required county clerks rather than the secretary of state to administer the duties imposed by this section.

The 2009 amendment, effective June 19, 2009, after "rural areas of the state", added the remainder of the sentence and deleted former Subsection E, which provided for alternative early voting locations on Indian nation, tribal or pueblo land.

The 2007 amendment, effective June 15, 2007, added Subsection E.

The 2005 amendment, effective July 1, 2005, added Subsections C and D.