2020 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 1 - Elections
Article 12 - Conduct of Elections
Section 1-12-28 - Conduct of election; election certificate.
Immediately upon the closing of the polls, the precinct board [election board] shall complete and sign a certificate which shall state: "We certify the ............ election complete with the voting of voting machine number ............ by voter number ............ on the signature roster."
History: 1953 Comp., § 3-12-47, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 240, § 283; 1981, ch. 149, § 5; 1987, ch. 249, § 35.
ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
Laws 2019, ch. 212, § 283, effective April 3, 2019, provided that references in the Election Code to "precinct board", shall be deemed to be references to "election board", as that term is defined in Section 1-1-13 NMSA 1978.
Signing certificates deemed taking oath. — When an election official signs the certificates required by this section such official is deemed to have taken the oath that he will and has faithfully discharged the duties of his office, and that this is the only oath that is required, namely, the signing of these certificates. 1956 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 56-6525 (opinion rendered under former law).
