2021 New Mexico Statutes
Article 16 - Technical and Vocational Institute Districts
Section 21-16-20 - Submission at election; notice; certification.

If a question is submitted pursuant to Section 21-16-16 NMSA 1978 at an election, the submitting board shall notify the county clerk pursuant to the Local Election Act [Chapter 1, Article 22 NMSA 1978]. The submitting board shall furnish to the county clerk of each county in which an affected school district is situate a certificate specifying the question to be submitted.
History: 1953 Comp., § 73-34-17, enacted by Laws 1964 (1st S.S.), ch. 12, § 5; 2018, ch. 79, § 86.
The 2018 amendment, effective July 1, 2018, added the section heading, required the governing board of the district to give notice to the county clerk pursuant to the Local Election Act regarding elections called to approve or disapprove a tax levy, and made technical and conforming changes; added the section heading; after "submitted", added "pursuant to Section 21-16-16 NMSA 1978", after "board shall", deleted "publish notice thereof in the manner required for general elections, except that such notice need not include the names of any election officials or the places where such election is to be held in each precinct and voting division and no posting shall be required" and added "notify the county clerk pursuant to the Local Election Act", after "submitting board shall", deleted "not less than thirty days before the election", and after "specifying the question to be submitted", deleted the remainder of the section, which related to placement of the question on the ballots and voting machines and the certification of the election results.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 26 Am. Jur. 2d Elections § 383 et seq.
Constitutionality of statutes providing for use of voting machines, 66 A.L.R. 855.
Failure to comply with statutory provisions relating to the form or manner in which election returns from voting districts or precincts are to be made, 106 A.L.R. 398.
Statutory provision as to manner and time of notice of special election as mandatory or directory, 119 A.L.R. 661.
What is a "public place" within requirement as to posting of election notices, 90 A.L.R.2d 1210.
29 C.J.S. Elections §§ 71 to 73, 79, 156, 158, 240.

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