2021 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 73 - Special Districts
Article 14 - Conservancy Districts; Definitions; Organization and Management
Section 73-14-63 - [Ballots; printing and distribution; form; manner of marking.] (Repealed effective July 1, 2022.)
For use of each county into which the conservancy district extends the secretary of the board of directors then in office shall prepare and print ballots containing only the names of the candidates for election at large in the entire district and the names of the candidates for election in the county for and to which the ballots are prepared and apply. No ballots containing the names of candidates to be elected from one particular county only, shall contain the names of any candidates to be elected from any other county only, but all ballots shall contain the names of all candidates for election in the district at large.
All such ballots shall be printed and distributed to the election judges appointed in each precinct within the district at the expense of said district. No name shall appear upon any ballot save that of a candidate who shall have filed his notice of candidacy at the time and in the manner above provided, and the names shall appear in the order in which the notices of candidacy were received by the secretary of said board. The ballots shall indicate whether the candidate be one for election in the entire district at large or only in the named county, and shall bear the facsimile signature of said secretary. Otherwise, the board of directors may prescribe the form and manner of marking said ballots.
History: 1941 Comp., § 77-2737, enacted by Laws 1943, ch. 126, § 10; 1953 Comp., § 75-28-42.
ANNOTATIONSDelayed repeals. — Laws 2018, ch. 79, § 176 repeals 73-14-63 NMSA 1978, effective July 1, 2022.
Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
Paper ballots safest route. — The use of paper ballots in accordance with Sections 73-14-63 and 73-14-64 NMSA 1978 would appear to be the safest route to follow in conducting the conservancy district election. Such ballots could be handed to qualified electors who could mark the ballots in the same booths as contain the voting machines used in the city elections and after leaving the booth, drop such ballots into a separate ballot box provided for that purpose. 1959 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 59-136.
Use of voting machines. — If voting machines are used by the conservancy district, they should not be the same machines used in the city election. The statutory requirements for certification of conservancy ballots to the secretary of the board and the different provisions for the hours the polls are to remain open preclude the use of the same machines for both municipal and conservancy district elections. 1959 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 59-136.
