2016 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 1 - Elections
Article 13 - Post-Election Duties
Section 1-13-8 - Post-election duties; county canvass; search for missing returns.
1-13-8. Post-election duties; county canvass; search for missing returns.
If it is necessary to open a ballot box on election night to ascertain if missing election returns are enclosed in the ballot box, the ballot box shall be opened by the county clerk and the district judge, or someone designated by the district judge. In the presence of the district judge or the designated representative of the district judge, the county clerk may remove the missing returns necessary to canvass the election. When such omission or negligence of the precinct board causes an additional expense to be incurred, no compensation shall be paid to the precinct board for its services on election day.
History: 1953 Comp., 3-13-8, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 240, 310; 1977, ch. 222, 77; 2011, ch. 137, 101.
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