2016 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 1 - Elections
Article 13 - Post-Election Duties
Section 1-13-2 - Post-election duties; missing returns.
1-13-2. Post-election duties; missing returns.
A. If at the time the county canvassing board meets it appears that a precinct board has not delivered the election returns to the county clerk, the county canvassing board shall immediately issue a summons to bring before it the delinquent precinct board together with the missing election returns. The summons shall be served by the sheriff, without cost to the county, and the members of the precinct board shall not be paid for their service on election day.
B. If within ten days after the date of the election the secretary of state has not received the election returns of any precinct, the secretary of state may send a special messenger to the county and precinct to secure and convey the missing returns to the secretary of state.
History: 1953 Comp., 3-13-2, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 240, 304; 1977, ch. 222, 73.
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