New Mexico Statutes

§ 1-1-6 — Recheck and recount

New Mexico § 1-1-6
JurisdictionNew Mexico
Ch. 1Elections
Art. 1Definitions and General Provisions

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Bluebook
N.M. Stat. Ann. § 1-1-6 (2026).

Text

As used in the Election Code [Chapter 1 NMSA 1978]: A. "recheck" pertains to electronic vote tabulating systems and means a verification procedure whereby a printout of the electronic record of votes cast in an election is made from each electronic memory device in the electronic vote tabulating system and the results are compared with the results shown on the official returns; and B. "recount" pertains to all paper ballots, including absentee ballots, provisional paper ballots, optical scan paper ballots and any other paper ballot and means a verification procedure whereby the voters' selections for an office are retallied and the results compared with the results shown on the official returns.

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Legislative History

1953 Comp., § 3-1-5.1, enacted by Laws 1977, ch. 222, § 1; 2005, ch. 270, § 8; 2007,

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