New Mexico Statutes
§ 1-22-16 — Municipal runoff elections
A. All runoff elections authorized by Article 7, Section 5 of the constitution of New Mexico shall be conducted pursuant to this section as a top-two runoff election or as a ranked-choice runoff election as follows:
(1)a top-two runoff election shall be conducted on a separate ballot when the candidate receiving the most votes for an office did not receive the percentage of votes required by the laws of the municipality to be elected in the first round of voting. When ordered, the top- two runoff election shall be held following the regular local election and allow the voter to select between the two candidates who in the first round of voting received the highest number of votes for an office; and (2) a ranked-choice runoff election shall be conducted on the same ballot as the regular lo
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Legislative History
1978 Comp., § 1-22-16, enacted by Laws 1985, ch. 168, § 18; repealed and reenacted
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