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NMSA 1-26-2. Judicial retention; eligibility for retention; definitions
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This section says which judges may seek nonpartisan judicial retention and how retention candidacies must be filed.
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This section says which judges may seek nonpartisan judicial retention and how retention candidacies must be filed.
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Eligible supreme court justices are subject to retention or rejection at the general election in the last year of their eight-year term, and the supreme court’s term structure must be staggered.
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Court of appeals judges are subject to retention or rejection in the last year of an eight-year term, the terms must be staggered, and the courts’ administrative office must keep a current website list of judges and term-expiry years.
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District court judges are subject to retention or rejection at the general election in the last year of their six-year term.
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Eligible metropolitan court judges face retention or rejection at the general election in the last year of their four-year term.
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Precincts must be compact and clearly bounded, and the secretary of state must maintain current precinct maps.
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This section gives a short title: Sections 1-3-10 through 1-3-14 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Precinct Boundary Adjustment Act.”
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This section states the act’s purpose: to meet federal census criteria, obtain precinct population counts, and provide that data to the New Mexico legislature for reapportionment.
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This section requires precincts, county officials, and the state legislature to adjust precinct and district boundaries around the federal decennial census.
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This section sets deadlines and procedures for reviewing precinct maps, making required adjustments after census-related noncompliance, and completing redistricting on a census-based timeline.
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County clerks must put precinct maps on a standard base map prescribed by the secretary of state.
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Polling places must be clearly marked, inspected before certain elections, and supplied with equipment to help voters read the ballot.
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Most election-day polling places must meet accessibility and equipment requirements, unless the county clerk has a written waiver from the secretary of state.
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County commissioners must, by resolution, designate precinct polling places and may also consolidate precincts, designate mail ballot election precincts, and create additional polling places, during the specified election period and months.
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The secretary of state must collect, publish, and keep updated geographic information system data for each voting district in the state.
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This section is repealed.
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This section is repealed.
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County commissioners must establish voter convenience centers for statewide elections using consolidated precincts.
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County commissioners must create or adjust precincts by resolution, the county clerk must notify the secretary of state of proposed precinct and polling-place changes, and the secretary of state must review submitted precinct maps.
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At least 25 precinct voters may ask the county district court to order changes to precinct boundaries or polling place location, and the court must schedule and hear the matter promptly.