Section 1-8-11 - Primary Election Law; time of holding primary.

NM Stat § 1-8-11 (2019) (N/A)
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A primary election shall be held in each county in this state on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in June of each even-numbered year.

History: 1953 Comp., § 3-8-10, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 240, § 160; 2011, ch. 137, § 53.

The 2011 amendment, effective July 1, 2011, required a primary election to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in June in even-numbered years.

Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — Validity of public election as affected by fact that it was held at time other than that fixed by law, 121 A.L.R. 987.

Scheduling election on religious holiday as violation of federal constitutional rights, 44 A.L.R. Fed. 886.

29 C.J.S. Elections § 117.