A. The board of county commissioners is ex officio the county canvassing board in each county.
B. The board of county commissioners may designate the board of registration to serve as the county canvassing board for the county. The designation shall be made in the polling place resolution adopted pursuant to Section 1-3-2 NMSA 1978 and is valid for all statewide and special elections conducted within the county until the expiration of the resolution.
History: 1953 Comp., § 3-13-1, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 240, § 303; 2019, ch. 212, § 120.
ANNOTATIONS
The 2019 amendment, effective April 3, 2019, added Subsection B.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 26 Am. Jur. 2d Elections § 395.
Injunction against canvassing of votes and declaring result of election, 1 A.L.R.2d 588.
29 C.J.S. Elections § 236.