1-1-3. "Shall" and "may".
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As used in the Election Code [Chapter 1 NMSA 1978], "shall" is mandatory and "may" is permissive.
History: 1953 Comp., § 3-1-3, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 240, § 3.