2015 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 1 - Elections
Section 12 Conduct of Elections
Section 1-12-71 Restriction on local government elections.
1-12-71. Restriction on local government elections.
No municipal, school, county or special district election shall be held within fifty days prior to or following any statewide election. This section does not prohibit a local government ballot question authorized by the board of county commissioners from appearing on the general election ballot.
History: 1953 Comp., 3-4-8.2, enacted by Laws 1977, ch. 222, 7; 1978 Comp., 1-4-10, recompiled as 1-12-71 by Laws 2011, ch. 137, 109; 2015, ch. 145, 67.
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