2020 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 1 - Elections
Article 22 - Local Elections
Section 1-22-18 - Local election; date term of office begins.
The term of office of a candidate elected in a regular local election or ensuing top-two runoff election shall begin on January 1 following the candidate's election, and the candidate to whom a certificate of election has been issued shall take the oath of office before entering upon the duties of office.
History: 1978 Comp., § 1-22-18, enacted by Laws 1985, ch. 168, § 20; 2009, ch. 150, § 36; repealed and reenacted by Laws 2018, ch. 79, § 31.
ANNOTATIONSRepeals and reenactments. — Laws 2018, ch. 79, § 31 repealed 1-22-18 NMSA 1978 and enacted a new section effective July 1, 2018.
The 2009 amendment, effective June 19, 2009, in Paragraph (2) of Subsection D, after "name is written", deleted "in the proper slot on the voting machine or"; after "provided on the", deleted "paper ballot, absentee ballot or emergency"; and after "has declared intent", added the remainder of the sentence; and in Subsection E, after "except that", deleted "he shall not be entitled to have his" and added "the write-in candidate's".
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — Elections: validity of state or local legislative ban on write-in votes, 69 A.L.R.4th 948.
