Section 1-14-18 - Recount; recheck; recanvass by canvassing boards. - New Mexico Statutes

1-14-18. Recount; recheck; recanvass by canvassing boards.

A.     Immediately upon receipt of the certificate of recount or recheck from all the absent voter precinct boards making a recount or recheck, the proper canvassing board shall meet and recanvass the returns for the office in question. 

B.     In making the recanvass, the proper canvassing board shall be bound by the certificates of recount or recheck from the absent voter precinct boards instead of the original returns from the precinct boards. 

C.     After the recanvass, if it appears that fraud or error has been committed sufficient to change the winner of the election, then the proper canvassing board shall revoke the certificate of nomination or election already issued to any person for that office and shall issue a certificate of nomination or election in favor of the person receiving a plurality of the votes cast at the election as shown by the recount or recheck, and such certificate shall supersede all others and entitle the holder to the same rights and privileges as if such certificate had been originally issued by the canvassing board.