The purpose of the Precinct Boundary Adjustment Act [1-3-10 to 1-3-14 NMSA 1978] is to comply with the criteria established pursuant to the provisions of Subsection (c) of Section 141 of Title 13 of the United States Code in order to obtain an enumeration of the populations of election precincts by the bureau of the census in the federal decennial census and in order to provide such enumeration data to the New Mexico legislature for purposes of legislative reapportionment.
History: Laws 1983, ch. 223, § 2; 1995, ch. 126, § 4.
The 1995 amendment, effective June 16, 1995, deleted "New Mexico" preceding "election" and deleted "1990" preceding "federal decennial census".
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Article 3 - Precincts and Polling Places
Section 1-3-1 - Nature of a precinct; maps.
Section 1-3-2 - Precincts; duties of county commissioners.
Section 1-3-4 - Consolidation of precincts; voter convenience centers.
Section 1-3-5 - Precincts; powers of county commissioners.
Section 1-3-6 - Precincts; boundaries; protest.
Section 1-3-7 - Polling places.
Section 1-3-7.1 - Additional polling places.
Section 1-3-7.2 - Polling places on Native American lands.
Section 1-3-8 - Precinct changes; notice and publication.
Section 1-3-9 - Precincts; exclusions.
Section 1-3-12 - Adjusting precinct boundaries.
Section 1-3-12 - Adjusting precinct boundaries. (Effective January 1, 2023.)
Section 1-3-14 - Standard base map required.
Section 1-3-15 to 1-3-17 - Repealed.
Section 1-3-18 - Polling places; building requirements; inspection.
Section 1-3-19 - Election-day polling places; adequate resources.
Section 1-3-20 - Secretary of state; geographic information system data.