§ 1-12-20 — Conduct of election; interposing challenges

New Mexico § 1-12-20

• Jurisdiction: New Mexico
• Ch. 1: Elections
• Art. 12: Conduct of Elections

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A challenge may be interposed by a member of the precinct board [election board] or by a party challenger for the following reasons: A. the person offering to vote is not registered to vote; B. the person offering to vote is listed among those persons to whom an absentee ballot was mailed; C. the person offering to vote has already cast a ballot in that election; D. the person offering to vote is improperly registered because the person is not a qualified elector; or E. in the case of a primary election, the person desiring to vote is currently affiliated with a major political party or a political party not represented on the ballot and the person requests a ballot for a party with which the person is not affiliated.

Legislative History

1953 Comp., § 3-12-37, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 240, § 273; 1987, ch. 249, § 31;