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New Mexico Statutes § 1-13-23 Post-election duties; records

⤴ Up to Article 13: Post-Election Duties

Statute Text

A. The returns and certificates of the result of the county canvass are public documents, subject to inspection and retention as provided by Section 1-12-69 NMSA 1978. The certificate of results of the canvass of the election shall, forty-five days after the election or recount after any contest has been settled by the court, be preserved as a permanent record in the state records center. A copy of the certificate of results of the canvass of the election shall be preserved as a permanent record in the office of the county clerk in a separate book maintained for recording the results of elections.
B. The returns and certificates of the result of the state canvass are public documents, subject to inspection and retention as provided by Section 1-12-69 NMSA 1978. The certificate of results of the canvass of the election shall, forty-five days after the election or recount after any contest has been settled by the court, be preserved as a permanent record in the state records center. A copy of the certificate of results of the canvass of the election shall be preserved as a permanent record in the office of the secretary of state in a separate book maintained for recording the results of elections.

Source

1953 Comp., § 3-13-23, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 240, § 325; 1971, ch. 317, Sec. 22; 1977, ch. 222, § 81; 1991, ch. 106, § 11.

Laws 2019 ch. 212, Sec 127 recompiled and amended former 1-22-17 as 1-13-23, effective April 3, 2019.

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