Section 22-7-13 - Special recall election.
22-7-13. Special recall election.
A. The date of the special recall election shall be set no later than ninety days after the date of the determination by the county clerk.
B. The question to be submitted to the voters at the special recall election shall be whether or not the named member shall be recalled.
C. A special recall election may be held in conjunction with a regular or a special school district election.
D. Whenever a special recall election is called, the county clerk shall give public notice of the special recall election by publishing information regarding the election once each week for four consecutive weeks. The first publication of the information shall be made between forty-five and sixty days before the date of the special recall election.
Information regarding the election shall be in compliance with the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, and shall include the date when the special recall election will be held, the question to be submitted to the voters, a brief description of the boundaries of each precinct, the location of each polling place, the hours each polling place will be open and the date and time of the closing of the registration books by the county clerk as required by law.
E. The ballot shall be in compliance with the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, and shall present the voter the choice of voting "for the removal of the named member" or "against the removal of the named member".
F. All special recall elections shall be held in compliance with the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended.
G. Except as otherwise provided in the Local School Board Member Recall Act [22-7-1 NMSA 1978], special recall elections in a school district shall be conducted as provided in the Election Code [1-1-1 NMSA 1978].