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New Mexico Statutes § 1-17-4 Referendum petitions; penalty

⤴ Up to Article 17: Referendum Petitions

Statute Text

It is a fourth degree felony for any person, on a petition for referendum, to:
A. sign any name other than his own, except to write thereon the name of a person who cannot write and who signs his name with his mark;
B. sign his name more than once on a petition on the same law;
C. sign his name when he is not a qualified elector in the county specified in the petition; or
D. knowingly misrepresent the purpose and effect of the petition or law thereby affected, for the purpose of causing anyone to sign the petition in reliance upon such misrepresentation.

Source

1953 Comp., § 3-17-4, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 240, § 389.

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