"Secured Containers" leave us open to fraud. Leave a public comment for the Secretary of State.
During the 2020 election New Mexico received money from The Center for Tech and Civic Life, a Zuckerberg charity, to help provide election support including ‘drop boxes.” There has been concern about the security and transparency of the drop boxes because of the increased risk for ballot harvesting.
During hearings, the Secretary of State (SOS) stated she was “codifying” many of the changes made during the 2020 elections. Increased use of drop boxes was one of those changes.
HB 4 Chapter 84 codified drop boxes, requiring at least two “secured containers” in each county with a provision for a waiver. This requirement is in 1-11-12.2 of the Election Code. The rulemaking process for drop boxes is related to Capacity Requirements (1.10.19.8), Secured Container Security Requirements (1.10.19.9), Video Surveillance Record Retention (1.10.19.10), Secured Container Election Preparations (1.10.19.11), Temporary Ballot Drop Box Requirements (1.10.19.12), Ballot Retrieval Procedures (1.10.19.13), and Reimbursement by the SOS (1.10.19.14).
There are rule changes to increase surveillance during the election and have a visible video dashboard in the clerk’s office. The new rules would require sensors and it requires the county clerks to request approval from the SOS prior to installing a drop box.
One of the concerning rule changes is increasing the collection time from once a day to once every three days beginning 28 days prior to election day. If these containers are so important to impose this increased expense on the people, why are they only having the ballots collected every 3 days?
Read about the rule changes and leave a public comment in the form provided. Feel free to edit the subject line and email as you see fit.
"Secured Containers" leave us open to fraud. Leave a public comment for the Secretary of State.
During the 2020 election New Mexico received money from The Center for Tech and Civic Life, a Zuckerberg charity, to help provide election support including ‘drop boxes.” There has been concern about the security and transparency of the drop boxes because of the increased risk for ballot harvesting.
During hearings, the Secretary of State (SOS) stated she was “codifying” many of the changes made during the 2020 elections. Increased use of drop boxes was one of those changes.
HB 4 Chapter 84 codified drop boxes, requiring at least two “secured containers” in each county with a provision for a waiver. This requirement is in 1-11-12.2 of the Election Code. The rulemaking process for drop boxes is related to Capacity Requirements (1.10.19.8), Secured Container Security Requirements (1.10.19.9), Video Surveillance Record Retention (1.10.19.10), Secured Container Election Preparations (1.10.19.11), Temporary Ballot Drop Box Requirements (1.10.19.12), Ballot Retrieval Procedures (1.10.19.13), and Reimbursement by the SOS (1.10.19.14).
There are rule changes to increase surveillance during the election and have a visible video dashboard in the clerk’s office. The new rules would require sensors and it requires the county clerks to request approval from the SOS prior to installing a drop box.
One of the concerning rule changes is increasing the collection time from once a day to once every three days beginning 28 days prior to election day. If these containers are so important to impose this increased expense on the people, why are they only having the ballots collected every 3 days?
Read about the rule changes and leave a public comment in the form provided. Feel free to edit the subject line and email as you see fit.