Voting Leave Law Summaries
New Mexico, Voting Leave Law Summaries
New Mexico's voting leave law is located in the New Mexico Statutes Annotated at Ch. 1, Art. 12. The full text of the law is available beginning at Wages-Hours ¶32-60,001 .
COVERAGE
All employers are covered under New Mexico's voting leave law.
EXCEPTIONS
The voting leave law does not apply to an employee whose work day begins more than two hours subsequent to the time of opening the polls, or ends more than three hours prior to the time of closing the polls (Sec. 1-12-42, as amended by Ch. 106 (H. 260), L. 2001, effective June 15, 2001).
WHAT THE EMPLOYER MUST DO
Employers must provide employees two hours between the opening and closing of the polls in which to vote, unless there are two nonworking hours after the polls open and three nonworking hours before the polls close (Sec. 1-12-42, as amended by Ch. 106 (H. 260), L. 2001, effective June 15, 2001).
Also, employers may specify the time that employees may be absent to vote (Sec. 1-12-42, as amended by Ch. 106 (H. 260), L. 2001, effective June 15, 2001).
These provisions also apply to elections of Indian nations, tribes or pueblos for a voter enrolled as a member of the Indian nation, tribe or pueblo and who is qualified to vote in the election (Sec. 1-12-42, as amended by Ch. 106 (H. 260), L. 2001, effective June 15, 2001).
PENALTIES
A person who refuses an employee the rights granted as summarized above is guilty of a misdemeanor and may be punished by a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $100 (Sec. 1-12-42, as amended by Ch. 106 (H. 260), L. 2001, effective June 15, 2001).
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