HOUSE BILL 872

46th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2003

INTRODUCED BY

Roberto J. Gonzales







AN ACT

RELATING TO ELECTIONS; PROHIBITING SPLITTING PRECINCTS BETWEEN VOTING DISTRICTS.



BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

Section 1. A new section of the Precinct Boundary Adjustment Act is enacted to read:

"[NEW MATERIAL] SPLITTING PRECINCTS PROHIBITED.--A government entity authorized to determine the boundaries of voting districts from which public officers are elected shall not create a voting district the boundary of which crosses the boundaries of a precinct established in accordance with law and approved by the secretary of state."

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