{"data":{"id":"us-nm/1-12-20","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"1-12-20","heading":"Conduct of election; interposing challenges.","body":"A challenge may be interposed by a member of the precinct board [election board] or by a party challenger for the following reasons:\nA. the person offering to vote is not registered to vote;\nB. the person offering to vote is listed among those persons to whom an absentee ballot was mailed;\nC. the person offering to vote has already cast a ballot in that election;\nD. the person offering to vote is improperly registered because the person is not a qualified elector; or\nE. in the case of a primary election, the person desiring to vote is currently affiliated with a major political party or a political party not represented on the ballot and the person requests a ballot for a party with which the person is not affiliated.","path":["Chapter 1 - Elections","ARTICLE 12 Conduct of Elections"],"source_url":"https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa-unanno/en/item/18502/index.do","current_through":"2026-05-20","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:02:19Z","sha256":"9b20467b4f08f433e7d45dd1719aea4661fa4f49465826b5bdc675d20a30fcf0","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/1-12-19.1","next":"us-nm/1-12-21"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}