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Status of Audit Legislation:
Signed into law in 2005
Link to Text of Legislation:
Sampling Method:
2% of all vote tabulators
Trigger:
When there is a discrepancy greater than 1 1/2 percent, the SOS shall order a hand count of all ballots in all precincts of the legislative district in which the error was found. When a discrepancy greater than 1 1/2 percent is found on a machine used to count absentee ballots, all the ballots counted by that machine shall be recounted. No further trigger levels are indicated.
Oversight:
Secretary of State
Who Conducts the Audit?:
County Clerks
Location of Random Selection:
Unsure. New Mexico's audit law will be implemented for the first time in 2008.
Types of Voting Machines in Use:
Optical Scan Machines
For more detailed information, see Verified Voting's website:
http://www.verifiedvoting.org/verifier/map.php?&topic_string=5std&year=2008&state=New%20Mexico
Races that are Audited:
Presidential or Gubernatorial. They never occur in the same year.
Voting Units that are Audited:
Machines
Timeline for Audit:
The audit must occur within five days of the completion of the county canvass.
Local Contact Person:
Paul Stokes, United Voters of New Mexico