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GO Bond Resident and Nonresident Voter Info.
The City's qualified resident electors and the City's qualified nonresident municipal electors are eligible to vote on the Bond Election Question. No judge or clerk of election shall allow a person to vote unless he or she is duly registered as a voter with the Sandoval or Bernalillo County Clerk and unless he or she meets the qualifications of a resident elector or a nonresident municipal elector.
All persons desiring to vote at the Election (including nonresident municipal electors) must be registered to vote. Any person who is otherwise qualified to vote and who is not currently registered may register at the respective offices of the Sandoval or Bernalillo County Clerks on or before 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, February 2, 2016, provided, however, that the County Clerks shall accept for filing, certificates of registration that are hand-delivered before 5:00 p.m. on February 2, 2016, or that are postmarked no later than February 2, 2016.
A "nonresident municipal elector" means any person who on the date of election is a qualified, registered elector of Sandoval County or Bernalillo County but who is a resident of that portion of Sandoval County or Bernalillo County which is outside of the Rio Rancho City limits, and who has paid a property tax on property located within the City of Rio Rancho during the year preceding the election. Not more than sixty nor less than fifteen days before the Election, any nonresident municipal elector desiring to vote on the Bond Election Question shall file with the City Clerk a completed certificate of eligibility in substantially the form provided in Section 3-30-3 NMSA 1978, which shall constitute the nonresident municipal elector's additional registration requirement for voting at the Election on the Bond Election Question. Each nonresident municipal elector must file such certificate of eligibility in addition to registering to vote with the Sandoval or Bernalillo County Clerk.
Solely for the purpose of voting on the Bond Election Question, all territory within the County of Sandoval and the County of Bernalillo is a municipal precinct (hereinafter referred to as the "Municipal District"). All territory in the Municipal District and not within the City's boundaries shall constitute one voting division to be known as the nonresident municipal elector-voting precinct (hereinafter referred to as the "Nonresident Voting District"). The Nonresident Voting District shall include the territory within the boundary of any other municipality within either County.
ln accordance with NMSA 1978 53-8-1 0, the following precincts are consolidated for the election:
CPO1 : Consists of Sandoval and Bernalillo County precincts: 30, 31, 32, 33,
34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 52, 58, 59,
60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 80, 81
(Sandoval County), 82, 83, 84, 85, 86 (Sandoval County) 1, 3, 57, 81, 115
118 (Bernalillo County)
All persons desiring to vote at the Election (including nonresident municipal electors) must be registered to vote. Any person who is otherwise qualified to vote and who is not currently registered may register at the respective offices of the Sandoval or Bernalillo County Clerks on or before 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, February 2, 2016, provided, however, that the County Clerks shall accept for filing, certificates of registration that are hand-delivered before 5:00 p.m. on February 2, 2016, or that are postmarked no later than February 2, 2016.
A "nonresident municipal elector" means any person who on the date of election is a qualified, registered elector of Sandoval County or Bernalillo County but who is a resident of that portion of Sandoval County or Bernalillo County which is outside of the Rio Rancho City limits, and who has paid a property tax on property located within the City of Rio Rancho during the year preceding the election. Not more than sixty nor less than fifteen days before the Election, any nonresident municipal elector desiring to vote on the Bond Election Question shall file with the City Clerk a completed certificate of eligibility in substantially the form provided in Section 3-30-3 NMSA 1978, which shall constitute the nonresident municipal elector's additional registration requirement for voting at the Election on the Bond Election Question. Each nonresident municipal elector must file such certificate of eligibility in addition to registering to vote with the Sandoval or Bernalillo County Clerk.
Solely for the purpose of voting on the Bond Election Question, all territory within the County of Sandoval and the County of Bernalillo is a municipal precinct (hereinafter referred to as the "Municipal District"). All territory in the Municipal District and not within the City's boundaries shall constitute one voting division to be known as the nonresident municipal elector-voting precinct (hereinafter referred to as the "Nonresident Voting District"). The Nonresident Voting District shall include the territory within the boundary of any other municipality within either County.
ln accordance with NMSA 1978 53-8-1 0, the following precincts are consolidated for the election:
CPO1 : Consists of Sandoval and Bernalillo County precincts: 30, 31, 32, 33,
34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 52, 58, 59,
60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 80, 81
(Sandoval County), 82, 83, 84, 85, 86 (Sandoval County) 1, 3, 57, 81, 115
118 (Bernalillo County)