1-14-25. Automatic recounts; expenses.
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The secretary of state shall reimburse the counties for the costs of conducting an automatic recount with money appropriated to the secretary. In the event that current year appropriations to the secretary of state do not cover the cost of an automatic recount, the secretary may apply to the state board of finance for an emergency grant to cover those costs pursuant to Section 6- 1-2 NMSA 1978.
History: Laws 2008, ch. 41, § 2.