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2017 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 3 - Municipalities
Article 8 - Municipal Elections
Section 3-8-57 - Post-election duties; canvass; search for missing returns.
Universal Citation: NM Stat § 3-8-57 (2017)
3-8-57. Post-election duties; canvass; search for missing returns.
The municipal clerk may open the ballot box during canvass for the purpose of obtaining ballots cast in the election to be counted and tallied, to search for missing election returns and to remove all unused election supplies from the ballot box. The ballot box shall be opened by the municipal clerk only in the presence of the canvassing board.
History: 1978 Comp., 3-8-57, enacted by Laws 1985, ch. 208, 65; 1999, ch. 278, 16.
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