§ 1-20-8. False voting

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NM ST § 1-20-8West’s New Mexico Statutes AnnotatedChapter 1. ElectionsEffective: July 1, 2011 (Approx. 2 pages)

West's New Mexico Statutes Annotated

Chapter 1. Elections

Article 20. Offenses and Penalties

Effective: July 1, 2011

N. M. S. A. 1978, § 1-20-8

§ 1-20-8. False voting

Currentness

False voting consists of:

A. voting or offering to vote with the knowledge of not being a qualified elector;

B. voting or offering to vote in the name of any other person;

C. voting or offering to vote more than once in the same election;

D. falsifying any information on an absentee ballot official mailing envelope or affixing a signature or mark other than one's own on an absentee ballot official mailing envelope;

E. inducing, abetting or procuring or attempting to induce, abet or procure a person known to not be a qualified elector to vote; or

F. inducing, abetting or procuring or attempting to induce, abet or procure a person who, having voted once in any election, to vote or attempt to vote again at the same election.

Whoever commits false voting is guilty of a fourth degree felony.

Credits

L. 1969, Ch. 240, § 432; L. 2011, Ch. 137, § 103, eff. July 1, 2011.

Formerly 1953 Comp., § 3-20-6.

NMSA 1978, § 1-20-8, NM ST § 1-20-8

Current through chapters effective May 15, 2024 of the 2024 Second Regular Session of the 56th Legislature (2023). The Second Regular Session convened January 16, 2024 and adjourned February 15, 2024.

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