Section 1-1-14 - Publication.

NM Stat § 1-1-14 (2019) (N/A)
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A. As used in the Election Code, "publication", unless otherwise provided in the constitution of New Mexico or the Election Code, means publication for the required number of times in a newspaper of general circulation in the county. "Publication in Spanish" means publication for the required number of times in an official Spanish language newspaper as set forth in Section 14-11-13 NMSA 1978 or any other Spanish language newspaper that meets the requirements of Section 14-11-2 NMSA 1978 if such newspaper exists in the county and is of general circulation in the county.

B. In addition to publication as required by Subsection A of this section, any publication required of:

(1) the secretary of state shall also be posted in the office of the secretary of state and on the secretary of state's web site; and

(2) the county clerk shall also be posted in the office of the county clerk and on the county's web site, if the county maintains a web site.

History: 1953 Comp., § 3-1-13, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 240, § 14; 1975, ch. 255, § 5; 1983, ch. 4, § 1; 2011, ch. 137, § 9.

The 2011 amendment, effective July 1, 2011, provided for posting the publication in the offices and on the web sites of the secretary of state and county clerks.