Section 1-20-17 - Obstructing the polling place. - New Mexico Statutes

1-20-17. Obstructing the polling place.

Obstructing the polling place consists of:   

A.     approaching nearer than fifty feet from any polling place during the conduct of the election unless a voter offering to vote, a member of the precinct board, a lawfully appointed challenger or watcher, an election official having business in the polling place or a person authorized by the Election Code [Chapter 1 NMSA 1978] to give assistance to a voter; or   

B.     willfully blocking the entrance to the polling place so as to prevent free ingress and egress.   

Whoever obstructs the polling place is guilty of a petty misdemeanor.