New Mexico § 1-2-3 - Secretary of state; instructions; forms; certificates
Full text of New Mexico New Mexico Statutes Annotated § 1-2-3 — Secretary of state; instructions; forms; certificates, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 1-2-3. Secretary of state; instructions; forms; certificates
A. The secretary of state shall prepare and furnish to each county: (1) sufficient forms, blanks, records, files or other equipment deemed necessary by
him for the registration of voters, including suitable instructions concerning their
use for each registration officer; (2) printed forms of additional election certificates; and (3) instructions to voters which shall set forth in nontechnical language the manner
in which voters cast their ballots. B. All registration or voting notices, forms, instructions, assistance or other information
relating to the electoral process shall be printed in both English and Spanish. C. Where a minority language is historically unwritten, all proclamations, registration
or voting notices, instructions, assistance or other information relating to the electoral
process shall be made available orally in the respective minority language, through
the media when practicable, in public meetings and on election day at the polls.
Source: official New Mexico text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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