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§ 1-20-16 NMSA 1978

Electioneering too close to the polling place

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Minnesota Voters Alliance v. Mansky (2018)

Most recently applied in Minnesota Voters Alliance v. Mansky (June 2018)

1953 Comp., § 3-20-14, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 240, § 440; 2011, ch. 137, § 104; 2026, ch. 58, § 15.

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.

Official source: NMOneSource (New Mexico Compilation Commission). Reproduced from public-domain New Mexico statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.