2015 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 1 - Elections
Section 17 Referendum Petitions
Section 1-17-4 Referendum petitions; penalty.
1-17-4. Referendum petitions; penalty.
It is a fourth degree felony for any person, on a petition for referendum, to:
A. sign any name other than his own, except to write thereon the name of a person who cannot write and who signs his name with his mark;
B. sign his name more than once on a petition on the same law;
C. sign his name when he is not a qualified elector in the county specified in the petition; or
D. knowingly misrepresent the purpose and effect of the petition or law thereby affected, for the purpose of causing anyone to sign the petition in reliance upon such misrepresentation.
History: 1953 Comp., 3-17-4, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 240, 389.
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