Telles v. Carter

SEYMOUR, Justice.

This contest results from a city election held January 12, 1953 in Alamogordo, New Mexico, for the office of City Commissioner for District No. 2. Twenty-seven ballots, counted and canvassed for appellant-contestee Carter, were marked by placing a check mark, i. e. (V) inside the square opposite that candidate’s name. The election laws of New Mexico specify that a cross be used in marking ballots and define that cross as follows:

“ * * * The cross used in marking ballots shall be two (2) lines intersecting at any angle within the circle or square, and either or both lines may…