AI-assisted research summary: This section sets how presidential electors are selected and certified in the general election.
1-15-4. Presidential electors; election. A. The names of the presidential elector nominees shall not be placed upon the general election ballot; instead, the secretary of state shall certify to the county clerks the names of persons nominated by each qualified political party for the offices of president and vice president of the United States. B. The names of the nominees for president and vice president for each qualified political party shall be printed together in pairs upon the general election ballot. A vote for any pair of nominees shall be a vote for the presidential electors of the political party by which the nominees were named. C. Except as provided in Subsection D of this section, presidential elector nominees of the party whose nominees for president and vice president receive the highest number of votes at the general election shall be the elected presidential electors for this state, and each shall be granted a certificate of election by the state canvassing board. D. If the Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote [1- 15-4.1 NMSA 1978] is in effect in accordance with Article III, Subsection I of that compact, the state canvassing board shall grant a certificate of election to the presidential elector nominees of the party whose nominees for president and vice president receive the largest national popular vote total in the general election. History: 1953 Comp., § 3-15-4, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 240, § 354; 2019, ch. 199, § 2.