2011 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 22: Public Schools
Article 7: Local School Board Member Recall, 22-7-1 through 22-7-16
Section 22-7-3: Definitions.

22-7-3. Definitions.

As used in the Local School Board Member Recall Act [22-7-1 NMSA 1978]:

A. "canvasser" means a registered voter who circulates a petition and collects signatures;

B. "date of closure" means the date on which the county clerk receives signed petitions for the recall of one or more named members;

C. "date of initiation" means the date on which the county clerk stamps the face sheet of the petition initiating the recall procedure;

D. "face sheet" means the first page of a petition containing the information as provided in Subsections D and E of Section 22-7-6 NMSA 1978;

E. "member" means any person elected to the local school board of a school district;

F. "named member" means a local school board member named on a petition and subject to recall;

G. "petition" means a document consisting of a completed face sheet or exact duplicate thereof and as many subsequent pages as are necessary for signatures;

H. "petitioner" means a person, group or organization initiating the petition;

I. "registered voter" means any qualified elector who is registered to vote as provided in the Election Code [1-1-1 NMSA 1978];

J. "signature" means the name of a person as written by himself;

K. "subsequent page" means the pages in a petition after the face sheet arranged as provided in Subsection G of Section 22-7-6 NMSA 1978; and

L. "county clerk" means the clerk of the county in which the school district is situate or, in the case of a multi-county school district, the clerk of the county in which the administrative office of the school district is situate.