Opinion No. 14-1305
August 31, 1914
TO: Mr. J. P. Dunlavy, Mountainair, New Mexico.
SCHOOLS.
High school election cannot be held on same day as general election.
OPINION
{*160} I have received your letter of the 29th instant in which you ask if I know of anything to make illegal the holding of your election for the establishment of a county high school at the same time as the general election on the third of November.
I can see why it might be beneficial to the county to have this school election at the same time as the general election as it would avoid a considerable expense, but in Section 1 of Article VII of the Constitution there is a sentence which reads:
"All school elections shall be held at different times from other elections."
I can see no way of reconciling this provision with the holding of your high school election on the same day as the general election.