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2020 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 1 - Elections
Article 12 - Conduct of Elections
Section 1-12-63 - Election judges; unused paper ballots.
Universal Citation: NM Stat § 1-12-63 (2020)
Immediately upon the time of the closing of the polls, the election judges and presiding judge, in the presence of those lawfully permitted to be present, shall publicly destroy all unused paper ballots.
History: 1953 Comp., § 3-12-97, enacted by Laws 1977, ch. 222, § 66; 2009, ch. 150, § 27.
ANNOTATIONSThe 2009 amendment, effective June 19, 2009, after "Immediately upon", added "the time of"; after "closing of the polls", deleted "and before any ballot box is unlocked"; and after "unused", deleted "emergency".
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — Treatment of excess or illegal ballots when it is not known for which candidate or on which side of a proposition they were cast, 155 A.L.R. 677.
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