1. A. The board of county commissioners is ex officio the county canvassing board in each county.
2. B. The board of county commissioners may designate the board of registration to serve as the county canvassing board for the county. The designation shall be made in the polling place resolution adopted pursuant to Section 1-3-2 NMSA 1978 and is valid for all statewide and special elections conducted within the county until the expiration of the resolution.

3. C. The county canvass report prepared by the county clerk and approved by the county canvassing board shall consist of:

   1. (1) the certificate of canvass to be signed by the county clerk and the county canvassing board members;
   2. (2) a report of the final vote counts for each candidate contest and ballot question voted on by voters of the county separated by mailed ballots, early voting and election day voting;
   3. (3) a report of the total ballots requested, returned, accepted and rejected from uniformed-service voters or overseas voters; and
   4. (4) a report of all provisional ballots accepted and rejected.
4. D. Immediately after the meeting of the county canvassing board, the county clerk shall transmit a copy of the county canvass report, along with any hand tally sheets, to the secretary of state.

History: 1953 Comp., § 3-13-1, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 240, § 303; 2019, ch. 212, § 120; 2023, ch. 39, § 67.

ANNOTATIONS

The 2023 amendment, effective June 16, 2023, provided the required contents of a county canvass report, and required the county clerk to transmit a copy of the county canvass report to the secretary of state immediately after the meeting of the county canvassing board; and added Subsections C and D.

Temporary provisions. — Laws 2023, ch. 39, § 97 provided that each election day polling place established in the 2021 polling place resolution for each county or any election day polling place established by any subsequent amendment to such a resolution shall operate as a voter convenience center for all statewide elections in calendar year 2023.

The 2019 amendment, effective April 3, 2019, added Subsection B.

Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 26 Am. Jur. 2d Elections § 395.

Injunction against canvassing of votes and declaring result of election, 1 A.L.R.2d 588.

29 C.J.S. Elections § 236.