{"data":{"id":"us-nm/1-14-8","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"1-14-8","heading":"Impounding ballots; ballots defined.","body":"As used in Sections 1-14-9 through 1-14-12 NMSA 1978, \"ballots\" includes tally sheets, registration certificates, paper ballots, absentee ballots, statements of canvass, absentee ballot applications and absentee ballot registers, but does not include voting machines.","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":"07b7a5f4d6ee98510a640ce70e712c563e7afc5e12b093097a0958aa5fc048c0","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/1-14-7","next":"us-nm/1-14-9"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}