Code · New Mexico · Chapter 1 — Elections · Article 25 — Recall

1-25-5. Recall; responsibilities of petitioner.

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The petitioner shall complete the following portions of the face sheet:

A. name of the named official;

B. name of the local jurisdiction in which the named official has been elected;

C. name of the individual, group or organization initiating the petition; and

D. the specific charges to support recall of the named official, which shall constitute malfeasance in office, misfeasance in office or violation of oath of office.

History: 1953 Comp., § 77-4A-8, enacted by Laws 1977, ch. 308, § 8; 1985, ch. 169, § 4; 1978 Comp., § 22-7-8, recompiled and amended as § 1-25-5 by Laws 2019, ch. 212, §163.