{"data":{"id":"us-nm/1-17-4","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"1-17-4","heading":"Referendum petitions; penalty.","body":"It is a fourth degree felony for any person, on a petition for referendum, to:\nA. sign any name other than his own, except to write thereon the name of a person who cannot write and who signs his name with his mark;\nB. sign his name more than once on a petition on the same law;\nC. sign his name when he is not a qualified elector in the county specified in the petition; or\nD. knowingly misrepresent the purpose and effect of the petition or law thereby affected, for the purpose of causing anyone to sign the petition in reliance upon such misrepresentation.","path":["Chapter 1 - Elections","ARTICLE 17 Referendum Petitions"],"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":"747df72197230e4b48721d5a4ee5527faa017cc344a57feeff96d601c7df51d3","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/1-17-3","next":"us-nm/1-17-5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}