ELECTION CHANGES

SB 218 updates New Mexico's election administration rules. It adds home address confidentiality protections for election staff and public officials, requires county clerks to complete a certification program within 12 months, and sets new rules for election board composition (like requiring non-partisan team assignments). The bill also removes the elections security program from the Bureau of Elections and modifies ballot procedures, provisional voting, and special election processes. The bill was referred to committees, passed with amendments, but was postponed indefinitely on June 3, 2025.