Upon the adoption of any resolution, or upon the final action of any district court upon a petition creating, abolishing, dividing or consolidating any precinct, or changing any precinct boundary, or changing any designated polling place, the board of county commissioners shall:A. send a certified copy of the resolution or court order to the secretary of state and to the county chair of each of the major political parties; andB. publish once the resolution in a newspaper as provided in the Election Code. History: 1953 Comp., § 3-3-9, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 240, § 58; 1975, ch. 255, § 32; 2021, ch. 107, § 2; 2023, ch. 84, § 1. ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For definition of publication, see 1-1-14 NMSA 1978. For duty of board of county commissioners to notify county clerk of any precinct changes, see 1-4-19 NMSA 1978.The 2023 amendment, effective July 1, 2023, removed a provision prohibiting the elimination or consolidation with other polling locations a polling place located on Indian land without the written agreement of the Indian nation, tribe or pueblo on which the polling place is located; redesignated former Paragraphs A(1) and A(2) as Subsections A and B, respectively; dian land without the written agreement of the Indian nation, tribe or pueblo on which the polling place is located; redesignated former Paragraphs A(1) and A(2) as Subsections A and B, respectively; and deleted former Subsection B. The 2021 amendment, effective April 6, 2021, required, prior to the elimination of a polling place located on Indian land, or the consolidation of such a polling place with other polling locations, that a written agreement be obtained from the Indian nation, tribe or pueblo; added new subsection designation 'A' and redesignated former Subsections A and B as Paragraphs A(1) and A(2), respectively; and added a new Subsection B.
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