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N.M. Const. art. V, § 1 Composition of Department; Terms of Office of Members; Residing and Maintaining Records at Seat of Government
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The executive department shall consist of a governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, state auditor, state treasurer, attorney general and commissioner of public lands, who shall, unless otherwise provided in the constitution of New Mexico, be elected for terms of four y…
N.M. Const. art. V, § 2 Canvass of Elections; Tie Votes
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The returns of every election for state officers shall be sealed up and transmitted to the secretary of state, who, with the governor and chief justice, shall constitute the state canvassing board which shall canvass and declare the result of the election. The joint candidates ha…
N.M. Const. art. V, § 3 Qualifications of Executive Officers
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No person shall be eligible to any office specified in Section One, hereof, unless he be a citizen of the United States, at least thirty years of age, nor unless he shall have resided continuously in New Mexico for five years next preceding his election; nor to the office of atto…
N.M. Const. art. V, § 4 Governor's Executive Power; Commander of Militia
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The supreme executive power of the state shall be vested in the governor, who shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed. He shall be commander in chief of the military forces of the state, except when they are called into the service of the United States. He shall have…