New Mexico Statutes
Article 3 - Precincts and Polling Places
Section 1-3-8 - Precinct changes; notice and publication.

A. Upon the adoption of any resolution, or upon the final action of any district court upon a petition creating, abolishing, dividing or consolidating any precinct, or changing any precinct boundary, or changing any designated polling place, the board of county commissioners shall:
(1) send a certified copy of the resolution or court order to the secretary of state and to the county chair of each of the major political parties; and
(2) publish once the resolution in a newspaper as provided in the Election Code.
B. A polling place located on Indian nation, tribal or pueblo lands shall not be eliminated or consolidated with other polling locations without the written agreement of the Indian nation, tribe or pueblo on which the polling place is located.
History: 1953 Comp., § 3-3-9, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 240, § 58; 1975, ch. 255, § 32; 2021, ch. 107, § 2.
Cross references. — For definition of publication, see 1-1-14 NMSA 1978.
For duty of board of county commissioners to notify county clerk of any precinct changes, see 1-4-19 NMSA 1978.
The 2021 amendment, effective April 6, 2021, required, prior to the elimination of a polling place located on Indian land, or the consolidation of such a polling place with other polling locations, that a written agreement be obtained from the Indian nation, tribe or pueblo; added new subsection designation "A" and redesignated former Subsections A and B as Paragraphs A(1) and A(2), respectively; and added a new Subsection B.

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