Section 1-20-17 - Obstructing the polling place.
1-20-17. Obstructing the polling place.
Obstructing the polling place consists of:
A. approaching nearer than fifty feet from any polling place during the conduct of the election unless a voter offering to vote, a member of the precinct board, a lawfully appointed challenger or watcher, an election official having business in the polling place or a person authorized by the Election Code [Chapter 1 NMSA 1978] to give assistance to a voter; or
B. willfully blocking the entrance to the polling place so as to prevent free ingress and egress.
Whoever obstructs the polling place is guilty of a petty misdemeanor.