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SENATE BILL 453
57
TH LEGISLATURE
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STATE
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MEXICO
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FIRST SESSION
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2025
INTRODUCED BY
James G. Townsend and Steve D. Lanier and Anthony L. Thornton
and David M. Gallegos
AN ACT
RELATING TO ELECTIONS; PROHIBITING THE SECRETARY OF STATE OR A
COUNTY CLERK FROM SENDING NOTIFICATIONS OF ELIGIBILITY OR
POTENTIAL ELIGIBILITY TO REGISTER TO VOTE IN THIS STATE TO
PERSONS WHO ARE NOT CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
SECTION 1. A new section of the Election Code is enacted
to read:
"[NEW MATERIAL] NOTIFICATIONS OF REGISTRATION
ELIGIBILITY--PROHIBITED ACT.--The secretary of state or a
county clerk shall not send a notification of eligibility or
potential eligibility to register to vote in this state to:
A. a person who is not a citizen of the United
States; or
B. a group of persons that includes a person who is
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not a citizen of the United States."
SECTION 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the
provisions of this act is July 1, 2025.
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