2015 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 3 - Municipalities
Section 8 Municipal Elections
Section 3-8-71 Preservation of election information.

NM Stat § 3-8-71 (2015) What's This?

3-8-71. Preservation of election information.

A. The municipal clerk shall retain for two years after each municipal election:

(1) the absentee ballot register, application for absentee ballots, absentee voter lists and affidavits of destruction;

(2) signature roster and registered voter list;

(3) the machine-printed returns;

(4) oaths of office of the precinct board;

(5) declarations of candidacy and withdrawals;

(6) copies of all election material required to be published or posted;

(7) a copy of all sample ballots and ballot sheets;

(8) voting machine permits;

(9) certificates submitted by voters;

(10) copies of all affidavits and certificates prepared in connection with the election;

(11) all results of recounts, rechecks, contests and recanvass; and

(12) all other significant election materials.

B. The district court shall retain for forty-five days after each municipal election all election materials sent by the precinct board. Thereafter, the material may be destroyed unless needed by the court in connection with a contest or other case or controversy.

C. The municipal clerk shall destroy election records two years after the election by shredding, burning or otherwise destroying.

History: 1978 Comp., 3-8-71, enacted by Laws 1985, ch. 208, 79; 1995, ch. 200, 6; 1997, ch. 266, 16; 1999, ch. 278, 21; 2003, ch. 244, 10; 2009, ch. 278, 25.

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