Section 1-22-3 - School district elections; qualifications of candidates.

1-22-3. School district elections; qualifications of candidates.

A.     A school district election shall be held in each school district to elect qualified persons to membership on a local school board. No person shall become a candidate for membership on a board unless his record of voter registration shows that he is a qualified elector of the state, physically resides in the school district in which he is a candidate and physically resided in the district on the date of the school board's proclamation calling a regular school district election.   

B.     A regular school district election shall be held in each school district on the first Tuesday in February of each odd-numbered year.   

C.     A school district election held at any time other than the date for the regular school district election shall be a special school district election.   

D.     Except as otherwise provided in the School Election Law [1-22-1 NMSA 1978], school district elections shall be called, conducted and canvassed as provided in the Election Code [1-1-1 NMSA 1978].