New Mexico Statutes
§ 1-15-7 — Presidential electors; when governor fills vacancy
New Mexico § 1-15-7
JurisdictionNew Mexico
Ch. 1Elections
Art. 15Presidential Electors, Senators, Congressmen and Expiring
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Bluebook
N.M. Stat. Ann. § 1-15-7 (2026).
Text
In the case of the death or absence of any presidential elector or failure to complete the number of presidential electors by noon of the day fixed by the laws of the United States for presidential electors to cast their ballots, the governor shall fill any vacancy by appointment. In filling the vacancy the governor shall appoint a voter of the state from a list of names nominated by the state chairman of the same political party represented by the presidential elector whose death or absence caused the vacancy.
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Legislative History
1953 Comp., § 3-15-7, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 240, § 357.
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 § 1-15-7, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/nm/1/1-15-7.