Voting systems; ballot handling and processing requirements

Voting systems certified for use in state elections shall: A. accept a ballot that is a minimum of six inches wide and a maximum of twenty-two inches long, in dual columns and printed on both sides; B. accept a ballot in any orientation when inserted by a voter; C. have the capability to reject a ballot on which a voter has made more than the allowable number of selections in any contest; D. be designed to accommodate the maximum number of ballot styles or ballot variations encountered in the largest New Mexico election jurisdiction; E. be able to read a single ballot with at least four hundred twenty voting positions; and F. tabulate as a vote only the human-readable marks in the voter response area of a ballot. History: Laws 2010, ch. 28, § 8; 2023, ch. 39, § 56.