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New Mexico · Through 2026-05-20

1-20-16: Electioneering too close to the polling place.

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  1. Chapter 1 - Elections
  2. ARTICLE 20 Offenses and Penalties

A. Electioneering too close to the polling place consists of, under color of law or otherwise, any form of campaigning within:

(1) one hundred feet of the building in which the polling place is located on election day when voting at a school, church or private residence; and

(2) one hundred feet of the door through which voters may enter to vote at the office of the county clerk, an alternate voting location, a mobile voting site or any location used as a polling place on election day that is not a school, church or private residence.

B. Electioneering includes the display or distribution of signs or campaign literature, campaign buttons, t-shirts, hats, pins or other such items and includes the verbal or electronic solicitation of votes for a candidate or question.

C. Whoever commits electioneering too close to the polling place is guilty of a petty misdemeanor, in addition to any other offense provided by law.

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