The board of directors may promulgate necessary and reasonable rules for the procedure to be followed at the polling places, instructions to voters, methods to allow for write-in candidates and methods of determining voter eligibility.
History: 1953 Comp., § 75-28-63, enacted by Laws 1961, ch. 67, § 16; 1999, ch. 168, § 9.
ANNOTATIONS
Delayed repeals. — Laws 2018, ch. 79, § 176 repeals 73-14-84 NMSA 1978, effective July 1, 2022.
The 1999 amendment, effective June 18, 1999, substituted “may for “shall”, deleted “and regulations” following “reasonable rules” and inserted “methods to allow for write-in candidates”.
“Procedure” defined. — The definition of “procedure” for the purpose of construing this section is the mode of proceeding by which a legal right is enforced, as distinguished from the law that gives or defines the right. Gonzales v. Middle Rio Grande Conservancy Dist., 1987-NMCA-125, 106 N.M. 426, 744 P.2d 554.
Write-in ballots. — The board’s power to regulate procedure at polling places, instructions to voters, and determinations of voter eligibility does not include the authority to deny the privilege of casting a write-in ballot to elect a board member. Gonzales v. Middle Rio Grande Conservancy Dist., 1987-NMCA-125, 106 N.M. 426, 744 P.2d 554.