1-1-16. Registration officer.
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As used in the Election Code, "registration officer" means the secretary of state, a county clerk, a clerk's authorized deputy, a clerk-authorized member of an election board or a state employee performing registration duties in accordance with the federal National Voter Registration Act of 1993 or Section 1-4-5.2 NMSA 1978.
History: 1953 Comp., § 3-1-15, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 240, § 16; 1995, ch. 198, § 1; 2005, ch. 270, § 4; 2023, ch. 39, § 5.