2016 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 73 - Special Districts
Article 14 - Conservancy Districts; Definitions; Organization and Management
Section 73-14-65 - Canvass of returns; certificates of election.
73-14-65. [Canvass of returns; certificates of election.]
On the morning of Friday next following the election, the board of directors shall meet at the principal office of the board and canvass the returns to it certified by the judges of election and shall declare the results thereof.
Where only one director is to be elected in one county, the candidate receiving the highest number of votes cast within that county shall be declared to have been elected.
Where two directors are to be elected in one county, the two candidates receiving the highest number of votes cast within that county shall be declared to have been elected.
Where only one director is to be elected with [within] the conservancy district at large, the candidate receiving the highest number of votes within the district at large shall be declared to have been elected.
Where two or more directors are to be elected within the conservancy district at large, those candidates, in number corresponding to the number of offices to be filled, receiving the highest number of votes shall be declared to have been elected.
The board of directors shall thereupon issue its certificate of election to each candidate elected.
History: 1941 Comp., 77-2739, enacted by Laws 1943, ch. 126, 12; 1953 Comp., 75-28-44.
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