{"data":{"id":"us-nm/1-14-13","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"1-14-13","heading":"Post-election duties; proof that no corruption occurred; rejection of ballots.","body":"A. In any election contest a prima facie showing that the precinct board [election board] of any precinct has failed to substantially comply with the provisions of the Election Code [Chapter 1 NMSA 1978] that protect the secrecy and sanctity of the ballot and prescribe duties of the precinct board [election board] during the conduct of election, shall cast upon the candidates of the political party having majority representation on the precinct board [election board] the burden of proving that no fraud, intimidation, coercion or undue influence was exerted by such members of the precinct board [election board], and that the secrecy and purity of the ballot was safeguarded and no intentional evasion of the substantial requirements of the law was made.\nB. Upon failure to make such a showing upon which the court shall so find, the votes of that entire precinct shall be rejected; provided, that no such rejection shall be made where it appears to the court that the members of the precinct board [election board] ignored the requirements of the Election Code with the probable interest of procuring the rejection of the entire vote in the precinct.","path":["Chapter 1 - Elections","ARTICLE 14 Contests and Recounts"],"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":"49e2e2eb6b296885364bfe3b1ef40065a4be8e61682ef8e871889cca81a474ff","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/1-14-12","next":"us-nm/1-14-13.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}