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United States — New Mexico
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A candidate may seek a recount or recheck if the candidate believes election counting, verification, or certification errors or fraud affected the precinct results.
United States — New Mexico
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People requesting a recount or recheck must deposit enough cash or a surety bond to cover the cost, and election officials must set and post the cost amounts.
United States — New Mexico
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This section sets out how recount or recheck proceedings must be started, staffed, conducted, and certified.
United States — New Mexico
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This section is repealed.
United States — New Mexico
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A canvassing board must promptly recanvass election returns after receiving recount or recheck certificates.
United States — New Mexico
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If a recount or recheck is demanded in a district judge election and the district judge was a partisan candidate, the chief justice must designate another district judge to handle the proceeding.
United States — New Mexico
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If an election is contested, the person holding the certificate of election must take possession of the office and perform its duties until the contest is decided.
United States — New Mexico
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If the district court judge for the county, or a judge acting in that judge’s place, cannot attend a recount or recheck on the scheduled day, the judge must appoint a lawyer to act instead.
United States — New Mexico
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If officials fail or refuse to perform required recount or recheck acts, the recount or recheck applicant may ask a New Mexico court for a writ of mandamus, and the court must hear the request.
United States — New Mexico
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The secretary of state must issue rules for reviewing certain ballots in contests or recounts, and the district court may allow ballot images to be reviewed instead of paper ballots in limited cases.
United States — New Mexico
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This section sets how recounts are done, including a hand tally of a random ballot sample and how many ballots must be checked in different races.
United States — New Mexico
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Automatic recounts are required when election margins fall below specified thresholds, and the secretary of state and state canvassing board must start the recount process.
United States — New Mexico
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The secretary of state must reimburse counties for automatic recount costs, using money appropriated to the secretary.
United States — New Mexico
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To contest an election, a verified complaint must be filed in the district court of the county where either party lives, and it must be filed within 30 days after the relevant certificate is issued.
United States — New Mexico
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In an election contest, judgment goes to the party shown to have received a majority of the legal votes, and that party is entitled to the office and costs.
United States — New Mexico
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An appeal may be taken from a judgment or decree in an election contest to the New Mexico Supreme Court.
United States — New Mexico
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A contestant or contestee may notify the county clerk to preserve ballots while an election contest is pending, and the clerk must keep the named ballots until the contest is finally decided.
United States — New Mexico
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In an election contest, an affidavit of disqualification must be filed by the time the answer to the notice of contest is due.
United States — New Mexico
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This section defines “ballots” for later sections and says the term includes several listed election documents, but not voting machines.
United States — New Mexico
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This section lets a candidate ask the district court to impound ballots, and requires a deposit or bond before the court issues the order.