On Jan 14, 2022, at 5:02 PM, Barbara Calef <bfcalef@gmail.com> wrote:
So, would the new bill make it easier for ex-felons to register?BarbaraOn Fri, Jan 14, 2022 at 4:50 PM Renny Ashleman <ashlemanr@gmail.com> wrote:Check this link. Scroll down.https://portal.sos.state.nm.us/ovr/webpages/Eligibility.aspx?AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1Sent from my iPhoneOn Jan 14, 2022, at 4:34 PM, Judy Williams <jkwilliams24@gmail.com> wrote:NM statute:A. Every person who is a qualified elector pursuant to the constitution and laws of the United States and a citizen thereof shall be qualified to vote in all elections in New Mexico, subject to residency and registration requirements provided by law, except as restricted by statute either by reason of criminal conviction for a felony or by reason of mental incapacity, being limited only to those persons who are unable to mark their ballot and who are concurrently also unable to communicate their voting preference. The legislature may enact laws providing for absentee voting by qualified electors. All school elections shall be held at different times from partisan elections.
B. The legislature shall have the power to require the registration of the qualified electors as a requisite for voting and shall regulate the manner, time and places of voting. The legislature shall enact such laws as will secure the secrecy of the ballot and the purity of elections and guard against the abuse of elective franchise. Not more than two members of the board of registration and not more than two judges of election shall belong to the same political party at the time of their appointment. (As amended November 7, 1967, November 4, 2008, November 2, 2010, and November 4, 2014, as directed by N.M. Supreme Court Order No. S-1-SC-35524, approved September 21, 2016, in State of N.M. ex rel. League of Women Voters of N.M. v. Advisory Comm. to the N.M. Compilation Comm'n, 2017-NMSC-025 .
On Fri, Jan 14, 2022 at 4:31 PM Barbara Calef <bfcalef@gmail.com> wrote:Thanks!BarbaraOn Fri, Jan 14, 2022 at 4:21 PM Renny Ashleman <ashlemanr@gmail.com> wrote:One more try. I dropped a line. Oppo claims bill let’s ex felons vote as if that isn’t current law. Sorry. It’s been long day.Sent from my iPhoneOn Jan 14, 2022, at 4:18 PM, Renny Ashleman <ashlemanr@gmail.com> wrote:Process for ex felons to vote is cumbersomeSent from my iPhoneOn Jan 14, 2022, at 3:52 PM, Barbara Calef <bfcalef@gmail.com> wrote:Renny,Did you mean this? Example new bill allows felons to vote-that’s current law. Just cumbersome.I thought current law allows ex-felons to vote. I know the procedure for an ex-felon to register is cumbersome.BarbaraOn Fri, Jan 14, 2022 at 3:40 PM Renny via Action <action@mailman.swcp.com> wrote:Chasing down further links._______________________________________________
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