2018 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 1 - Elections
Article 10 - Ballots and Ballot Labels
Section 1-10-13 - Paper ballots; write-in candidates.
When a write-in candidate has been certified pursuant to the Election Code [Chapter 1 NMSA 1978], a space for entering the name of the write-in candidate shall be clearly designated by the use of the heading "Write-in Candidate" after the listing of other candidates for that office.
History: 1953 Comp., § 3-12-81, enacted by Laws 1977, ch. 222, § 50; § 1-12-47 NMSA 1978, recompiled and amended as § 1-10-13 NMSA 1978 by Laws 2009, ch. 150, § 11.
Recompilations. — Laws 2009, ch. 150, § 11 recompiled former 1-12-47 NMSA 1978 as 1-10-13 NMSA 1978, effective June 19, 2009.
The 2009 amendment, effective June 19, 2009, at the beginning of the sentence, deleted "Where space is allowed on an emergency paper ballot" and added "When a write-in candidate has been certified pursuant to the Election Code, a space"; and after "Write-in Candidate", added "after the listing of other candidates for that office".
