Chapter 1, Article 6 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the 'Absent Voter Act'. History: 1953 Comp., § 3-6-1, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 240, § 127; 2018, ch. 79, § 6. ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For constitutional provision as to absentee voting laws, see N.M. Const., art. VII, § 1. For absentee voting in municipal elections, see 3-9-1 NMSA 1978 et seq. The 2018 amendment, effective July 1, 2018, changed 'Sections 1-6-1 through 1-6-18 NMSA 1978' to 'Chapter 1, Article 6 NMSA 1978'. Provisions are applicable to local option district elections, thereby directing the absentee voting procedures to be followed in such elections. 1977 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 77-17. Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 26 Am. Jur. 2d Elections § 355 et seq. Voting by persons in military service, 140 A.L.R. 1100, 147 A.L.R. 1443, 148 A.L.R. 1402, 149 A.L.R. 1466, 150 A.L.R. 1460, 151 A.L.R. 1464, 152 A.L.R. 1459, 153 A.L.R. 1434, 154 A.L.R. 1459, 155 A.L.R. 1459. Military establishments, state voting rights of residents of, 34 A.L.R.2d 1193. Absentee voters' laws: validity of, 97 A.L.R.2d 218. Absentee voters' laws: construction and effect of, 97 A.L.R.2d 257. 29 C.J.S. Elections §§ 210(1), 210(2).
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