Statutes > New Mexico Statutes > Chapter 1 - Elections. > Article 20 - Offenses and Penalties, 1-20-1 through 1-20-23. > Section 1-20-16 - Electioneering too close to the polling place.

Section 1-20-16 - Electioneering too close to the polling place.

1-20-16. Electioneering too close to the polling place.

Electioneering too close to the polling place consists of any form of campaigning on election day within one hundred feet of the building in which the polling place is located, and includes the display of signs or distribution of campaign literature.   

Whoever commits electioneering too close to the polling place is guilty of a petty misdemeanor.