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2018 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 1 - Elections
Article 16 - State Constitutional Amendments and Other Questions Submitted
Section 1-16-5 - State constitutional amendments; form of ballots.
Universal Citation: NM Stat § 1-16-5 (2018)
1-16-5. State constitutional amendments; form of ballots.
All ballots proposing constitutional amendments shall be in the form prescribed by the secretary of state.
History: 1953 Comp., § 3-16-5, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 240, § 378; 1977, ch. 222, § 94; 1981, ch. 146, § 2; 2003, ch. 356, § 31; 2007, ch. 337, § 16.
Cross references. — For absentee ballots, see 1-6-1 to 1-6-25 NMSA 1978.
For emergency paper ballots, see 1-12-43 to 1-12-69 NMSA 1978.
The 2007 amendment, effective July 1, 2007, eliminated the provision that specified the contents of emergency and provisional ballots and absentee ballots.
The 2003 amendment, effective July 1, 2003, inserted "and provisional" in the section heading and at the beginning of Subsection A.
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