Section 1-14-24 - Automatic recounts; elections for state and federal offices; procedures. - New Mexico Statutes

1-14-24. Automatic recounts; elections for state and federal offices; procedures.

A.     An automatic recount of the vote is required when the canvass of returns for a federal or state office in a primary or general election indicates that the margin between the two candidates receiving the greatest number of votes for the office is less than one-half of one percent of the total votes cast for that office in that election. 

B.     The secretary of state shall file notice with the state canvassing board within five days of the completion of the state canvass that an automatic recount is required, and the state canvassing board shall order a recount of the ballots for the specified office.  

C.     Automatic recounts shall be conducted pursuant to the recount procedures established in Sections 1-14-16 and 1-14-18 through 1-14-22 NMSA 1978. 

D.     For the purposes of this section, "state office" means the office of governor, lieutenant governor, state auditor, state treasurer, attorney general, secretary of state, supreme court justice, court of appeals judge, district judge, magistrate judge, public regulation commissioner, commissioner of public lands, state senator or state representative.