In the interest of the convenience of the voters and providing accessibility to the polling place, the board of county commissioners may create additional polling places within the precinct upon their own action or upon receipt of a petition signed by at least ten percent of the registered voters of the precinct so requesting.
History: 1978 Comp., § 1-3-7.1, enacted by Laws 1984, ch. 76, § 1; 1989, ch. 392, § 6; 1991 (1st S.S.), ch. 6, § 4.
The 1991 (1st S.S.) amendment, effective October 4, 1991, inserted "their own action or upon" and substituted "ten percent of the registered voters" for "fifty qualified electors".
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Section 1-3-15 to 1-3-17 - Repealed.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.