If a recount or recheck is demanded on the election of a district judge and the judge of the district was a candidate for partisan office at the election, the chief justice of the supreme court shall designate a district judge who shall act in such proceedings.
History: 1953 Comp., § 3-14-23, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 240, § 348; 1977, ch. 222, § 87; 2015, ch. 145, § 76.
The 2015 amendment, effective July 1, 2015, clarified that the provision applies to a candidate for a partisan office; and after "candidate", added "for partisan office".
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Article 14 - Contests and Recounts
Section 1-14-1 - Contest of elections; who may contest.
Section 1-14-2 - Contest of elections; status of person holding certificate.
Section 1-14-3 - Contest of election; filing of complaint.
Section 1-14-4 - Contest of election; judgment; effect; costs.
Section 1-14-5 - Contest of election; appeal.
Section 1-14-6 - Contest of election; preservation of ballots.
Section 1-14-7 - Contest of election; disqualification of trial judge.
Section 1-14-8 - Impounding ballots; ballots defined.
Section 1-14-9 - Impounding ballots; application for court order; deposit required.
Section 1-14-10 - Order of impoundment; contents.
Section 1-14-11 - Impoundment; subsequent orders; access; termination of order.
Section 1-14-12 - Disposition of deposit in impoundment proceedings.
Section 1-14-13 - Post-election duties; proof that no corruption occurred; rejection of ballots.
Section 1-14-13.2 - Post-election duties; voting system check.
Section 1-14-13.3 - General election audit.
Section 1-14-14 - Recounts; rechecks; application.
Section 1-14-15 - Recounts; rechecks; cost of proceedings.
Section 1-14-16 - Recount or recheck proceedings.
Section 1-14-18 - Recount; recheck; recanvass by canvassing boards.
Section 1-14-19 - Recount; recheck; candidate for district judge.
Section 1-14-20 - Recounts; rechecks; appointment of a special master.
Section 1-14-21 - Recounts; rechecks; mandamus.
Section 1-14-23 - Recount procedures.
Section 1-14-24 - Automatic recounts; elections for state and federal offices; procedures.