Section 1-3-8 - Precinct changes; notice and publication.

NM Stat § 1-3-8 (2019) (N/A)
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Upon the adoption of any resolution, or upon the final action of any district court upon a petition creating, abolishing, dividing or consolidating any precinct, or changing any precinct boundary or changing any designated polling place, the board of county commissioners shall:

A. send a certified copy of the resolution or court order to the secretary of state and to the county chairman of each of the major political parties; and

B. publish once the resolution in a newspaper as provided in the Election Code [Chapter 1 NMSA 1978].

History: 1953 Comp., § 3-3-9, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 240, § 58; 1975, ch. 255, § 32.

Cross references. — For definition of publication, see 1-1-14 NMSA 1978.

For duty of board of county commissioners to notify county clerk of any precinct changes, see 1-4-19 NMSA 1978.