New Mexico Statutes
§ 1-12-33 — Conduct of election; office of county clerk to remain open
New Mexico § 1-12-33
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Bluebook
N.M. Stat. Ann. § 1-12-33 (2026).
Text
The county clerk or some duly authorized deputy or assistant shall keep the office of the county clerk continuously open for twenty-four hours next after the closing of the polls for any primary, general or statewide special election. The office shall be kept open for the purpose of receiving the ballot boxes, election returns and materials. If all such items have been received from each precinct in the county before the expiration of the twenty-four hour period, the office of the county clerk may be closed except during regular office hours.
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Legislative History
1953 Comp., § 3-12-57, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 240, § 293.
Nearby Sections
15
§ 1-1-1
Election Code§ 1-1-1.1
Purpose of [Election] Code§ 1-1-10
Qualified political party§ 1-1-11
Precinct§ 1-1-12
Consolidated precinct§ 1-1-13
Election board§ 1-1-14
Publication§ 1-1-15
Posting§ 1-1-16
Registration officer§ 1-1-16.1
Registration agent§ 1-1-16.2
New registrant§ 1-1-18
Oath includes affirmation§ 1-1-19
Elections covered by code§ 1-1-2
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Bluebook (online)
New Mexico § 1-12-33, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/nm/1/1-12-33.