Section 1-17-6 - Referendum petitions; form of certificate.

NM Stat § 1-17-6 (2019) (N/A)
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The back of each page of every referendum petition containing the signatures shall bear the following certificate executed by the person who circulated that page of the referendum petition:

"STATE OF NEW MEXICOCOUNTY OF ............

I, ........., do hereby certify that the signatures appearing on the front hereof were signed in my presence; that to the best of my knowledge and belief each such signature is genuine; and that the person so signing is a qualified elector in the county named on this page.

........................................................... (signature of person soliciting signatures for petition)

........................................................... (post-office)".

History: 1953 Comp., § 3-17-6, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 240, § 391.

Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 42 Am. Jur. 2d Initiative and Referendum § 30.

82 C.J.S. Statutes § 124.