A. The returns and certificates of the result of the county canvass are public documents, subject to inspection and retention as provided by Section 1-12-69 NMSA 1978. The certificate of results of the canvass of the election shall, forty-five days after the election or recount after any contest has been settled by the court, be preserved as a permanent record in the state records center. A copy of the certificate of results of the canvass of the election shall be preserved as a permanent record in the office of the county clerk in a separate book maintained for recording the results of elections.
B. The returns and certificates of the result of the state canvass are public documents, subject to inspection and retention as provided by Section 1-12-69 NMSA 1978. The certificate of results of the canvass of the election shall, forty-five days after the election or recount after any contest has been settled by the court, be preserved as a permanent record in the state records center. A copy of the certificate of results of the canvass of the election shall be preserved as a permanent record in the office of the secretary of state in a separate book maintained for recording the results of elections.
History: 1978 Comp., § 1-22-17, enacted by Laws 1985, ch. 168, § 19; 1987, ch. 249, § 50; repealed and reenacted by Laws 2018, ch. 79, § 30; recompiled and amended as § 1-13-23 by Laws 2019, ch. 212, § 127.
Recompilations. — Laws 2019, ch. 212, § 127 recompiled and amended former 1-22-17 NMSA 1978 as 1-13-23 NMSA 1978, effective April 3, 2019.
Repeals and reenactments. — Laws 2018, ch. 79, § 30 repealed 1-22-17 NMSA 1978 and enacted a new section effective July 1, 2018.
Cross references. — For the state records center, see 14-3-8 NMSA 1978.
The 2019 amendment, effective April 3, 2019, provided that the returns and certificates of the result of a state canvass are public documents and subject to inspection and retention; in Subsection A, after "result of the", added "county", and after "canvass", deleted "of a regular or special local election"; and added Subsection B.
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