2018 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 4 - Counties
Article 44 - Salaries and Provisions Applicable to More Than One Office
Section 4-44-42 - Recount of votes.]
Any one hundred (100) registered electors of the county in which such election was held may apply for a recount of the votes cast at such election in accordance with the provisions of Sections 56-618 and 56-619 of the New Mexico Statutes Annotated, 1941 Compilation. Such recount shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of Section 56-620 of the New Mexico Statutes Annotated, 1941 Compilation, provided, however, that when the district court shall order a recount the judge thereof shall have power to determine at such recount, whether or not any fraudulent, illegal or void ballots have been counted, and if he so determines, he shall have power to order such ballots thrown out and enter judgment in the proceedings accordingly.
History: 1941 Comp., § 15-3541, enacted by Laws 1953, ch. 167, § 7; 1953 Comp., § 15-43-37.
Compiler's notes. — The election law provisions cited in this section were repealed by Laws 1969, ch. 240, § 451. For present provisions relating to county recounts, see 1-14-17 NMSA 1978.
