SENATE BILL 155

44TH LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - FIRST SESSION, 1999

INTRODUCED BY

Leonard Lee Rawson

AN ACT

RELATING TO ELECTIONS; PROHIBITING THE RELEASE OF ELECTION RESULTS PRIOR TO THE CLOSING OF POLLS; PRESCRIBING PENALTIES.

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

Section 1. UNLAWFUL RELEASE OF ELECTION RESULTS.--

A. Unlawful release of election results consists of the county clerk or a duly authorized deputy or assistant releasing election results prior to the closing of the polls on election day.

B. Whoever commits unlawful release of election results is guilty of a fourth degree felony.

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