2015 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 1 - Elections
Section 12 Conduct of Elections
Section 1-12-31 Conduct of election; disposition of ballot boxes and other election materials.
1-12-31. Conduct of election; disposition of ballot boxes and other election materials.
A. The following election returns and materials shall not be placed in the ballot box and shall be returned immediately to the county clerk along with the locked ballot box:
(1) one ballot box key in an envelope addressed to the county clerk;
(2) one signature roster;
(3) one tally sheet; and
(4) all unused election supplies not destroyed pursuant to the Election Code.
B. The removable media storage device shall not be placed in the ballot box and shall be returned immediately to the county clerk either by messenger or along with the locked ballot box.
C. The election judge of the party different from that of the presiding judge shall place the other ballot box key in the envelope addressed to the district court and immediately mail it to the district court.
History: 1953 Comp., 3-12-55, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 240, 291; 1977, ch. 222, 41; 1987, ch. 249, 37; 1987, ch. 327, 16; 1991, ch. 105, 32; 2009, ch. 150, 17; 2011, ch. 137, 96; 2015, ch. 145, 65.
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