Section 1-14-25 – Automatic recounts; expenses.
The secretary of state shall reimburse the counties for the costs of conducting an automatic recount with money appropriated to the secretary. In the event that current year appropriations to the secretary of state do not cover the cost of an automatic recount, the secretary may apply to the state board of finance for an […]
Section 1-14-22 – Contests and recounts; provisional, absentee and other paper ballots; use of ballot images.
A. The secretary of state shall issue rules governing and allowing procedures for reviewing the qualification of provisional ballot envelopes, absentee and other paper ballots in the case of a contest or recount of election results. All rejected provisional paper ballot envelopes shall be included in any contest or recount of election results, and a […]
Section 1-14-23 – Recount procedures.
A. To ensure the accuracy of electronic vote tabulating systems, in a recount, the votes from a random selection of ballots shall be tallied by hand, and the votes from the same ballots shall be tabulated by the electronic vote tabulating systems to be used in the recount. For statewide and federal office, the number […]
Section 1-14-24 – Automatic recounts; elections for state and federal offices; procedures.
A. An automatic recount of the vote is required when the canvass of returns indicates that the margin between the two candidates receiving the greatest number of votes for an office, the margin between those supporting and those opposing a ballot question or the margin affecting the outcome of a nonpartisan judicial retention election is […]
Section 1-14-24 – Automatic recounts; elections for state and federal offices; procedures. (Effective January 1, 2023.)
A. An automatic recount of the vote is required when the canvass of returns indicates that the margin between the two candidates receiving the greatest number of votes for an office, the margin between those supporting and those opposing a ballot question or the margin affecting the outcome of a nonpartisan judicial retention election is […]
Section 1-14-13 – Post-election duties; proof that no corruption occurred; rejection of ballots.
A. In any election contest a prima facie showing that the precinct board [election board] of any precinct has failed to substantially comply with the provisions of the Election Code [Chapter 1 NMSA 1978] that protect the secrecy and sanctity of the ballot and prescribe duties of the precinct board [election board] during the conduct […]
Section 1-14-13.1 – Repealed.
History: Laws 2005, ch. 270, § 75; repealed by Laws 2009, ch. 233, § 3. ANNOTATIONS Repeals. — Laws 2009, ch. 233, § 3 repealed 1-14-13.1 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 2005, ch. 270, § 75, relating to post-election duties, random voting system checks and recounts, effective June 19, 2009. For provisions of former […]
Section 1-14-13.2 – Post-election duties; voting system check.
A. At least ninety days prior to each general election, the secretary of state shall contract with an auditor qualified by the state auditor to audit state agencies to oversee a check on the accuracy of precinct electronic vote tabulators, alternate voting location electronic vote tabulators and absent voter precinct electronic vote tabulators. The voting […]
Section 1-14-13.3 – General election audit.
The secretary of state shall issue rules for the conduct and procedures of the post-election voting system check, set minimum qualifications for auditors eligible for selection to conduct post-election evaluations of the accuracy of voting systems and approve the contract terms for auditors. The state auditor shall review the rules, qualification standards and contract terms […]
Section 1-14-14 – Recounts; rechecks; application.
A. Whenever any candidate believes that any error or fraud has been committed by any precinct board [election board] in counting or tallying the ballots, in the verification of the votes cast on the voting machines or in the certifying of the results of any election whereby the results of the election in the precinct […]