2021 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 73 - Special Districts
Article 14 - Conservancy Districts; Definitions; Organization and Management
Section 73-14-84 - Election; procedure. (Repealed effective July 1, 2022.)
The board of directors may promulgate necessary and reasonable rules for the procedure to be followed at the polling places, instructions to voters, methods to allow for write-in candidates and methods of determining voter eligibility.
History: 1953 Comp., § 75-28-63, enacted by Laws 1961, ch. 67, § 16; 1999, ch. 168, § 9.
ANNOTATIONSDelayed repeals. — Laws 2018, ch. 79, § 176 repeals 73-14-84 NMSA 1978, effective July 1, 2022.
The 1999 amendment, effective June 18, 1999, substituted "may for "shall", deleted "and regulations" following "reasonable rules" and inserted "methods to allow for write-in candidates".
"Procedure" defined. — The definition of "procedure" for the purpose of construing this section is the mode of proceeding by which a legal right is enforced, as distinguished from the law that gives or defines the right. Gonzales v. Middle Rio Grande Conservancy Dist., 1987-NMCA-125, 106 N.M. 426, 744 P.2d 554.
Write-in ballots. — The board's power to regulate procedure at polling places, instructions to voters, and determinations of voter eligibility does not include the authority to deny the privilege of casting a write-in ballot to elect a board member. Gonzales v. Middle Rio Grande Conservancy Dist., 1987-NMCA-125, 106 N.M. 426, 744 P.2d 554.
