N.M. Const. art. XX, § 7
The returns of all elections for officers who are chosen by the electors of more than one county shall be canvassed by the county canvassing board of each county as to the vote within their respective counties. Said board shall immediately certify the number of votes received by each candidate for such office within such county, to the state canvassing board herein established, which shall canvass and declare the result of the election.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 26 Am. Jur. 2d Elections § 394 et seq.
Statutory provision relating to form or manner in which election returns from voting districts or precincts are to be made, failure to comply with, 106 A.L.R. 398.
Deceased or disqualified person, result of election as affected by votes cast for, 133 A.L.R. 319.
Excess or illegal ballots, treatment of, when it is not known for which candidate or upon which side of a proposition they were cast, 155 A.L.R. 677.
Power of election officer to withdraw or change returns, 168 A.L.R. 855.
29 C.J.S. Elections §§ 222, 235 to 239.