A. The secretary of state is the chief election officer of the state. B. The secretary of state shall: (1) obtain and maintain uniformity in the application, operation and interpretation of the Election Code; and (2) subject to the State Rules Act [Chapter 14, Article 4 NMSA 1978], make rules pursuant to the provisions of, […]
A. The attorney general shall, upon request of the secretary of state, provide legal advice, assistance, services and representation as counsel in any action to enforce the provisions of the Election Code. B. Upon the request of the secretary of state or a county clerk, the attorney general and the several district attorneys of the […]
History: 1953 Comp., § 3-2-9.2, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 255, § 16; 2010, ch. 90, § 2; 1978 Comp., § 1-2-10, repealed by Laws 2019, ch. 212, § 284. ANNOTATIONS Repeals. — Laws 2019, ch. 212, § 284 repealed 1-2-10 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 255, § 16, relating to precinct […]
Wherever possible, the county clerk shall assign persons appointed as election board members to serve in precincts wherein they reside or in precincts located in the representative district wherein they reside. In the event of a shortage or absence of election board members in certain precincts, the county clerk may, in the best interest of […]
A. Each election board shall consist of: (1) a presiding judge; (2) two election judges; and (3) election clerks who are appointed to assist the presiding judge and election judges. B. The county clerk shall appoint presiding judges and election judges so that not more than two of the three judges belong to the same […]
History: 1953 Comp., § 3-2-12, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 240, § 33; repealed by Laws 2011, ch. 137, § 110. ANNOTATIONS Repeals. — Laws 2011, ch. 137, § 110 repealed 1-2-13 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 240, § 33, relating to primary elections and appointment of temporary additional clerks, effective July […]
A. Immediately after the appointment of the election boards, the county clerk shall: (1) make and certify a list of the names of the appointees for each polling location and send a copy of the list to the county chair of each political party participating in a partisan election and to the secretary of state; […]
A. If for any cause a member of the election board fails to appear for the assigned duty to which the member was appointed, the remaining board members shall immediately notify the county clerk. B. In the event of a vacancy in an election board position by reason of death, removal from the county, disqualification, […]
A. Members of an election board shall be compensated for their services at the rate of not less than the federal minimum hourly wage rate nor more than two hundred dollars ($200) for an election day. B. Members of an election board assigned to alternate voting or alternate mobile voting locations or absent voter precincts […]
A. The county clerk shall cause to be held a public school of instruction for all election board members and others who will be officially concerned with the conduct of an election. B. The schools of instruction provided for in this section shall be held following an election board member’s appointment and before the member […]
At all times on election day while performing their duties, members of the election board shall wear uniform identification badges. Such badges shall be furnished by the county clerk. The secretary of state shall prescribe the form and material of such identification badges, which shall include the identification of the election board member’s name, title […]
A. In those polling places designated by the secretary of state as being subject to the provisions of the 1975 amendments to the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, oral assistance shall be made available to assist language minority voters who cannot read sufficiently well to exercise the elective franchise. As used in the Election […]
The secretary of state shall: A. generally supervise all elections by administering the Election Code [Chapter 1 NMSA 1978] in its statewide application; B. prepare instructions for the conduct of election and registration matters in accordance with the laws of the state; C. advise county clerks, boards of county commissioners and boards of registration as […]
A. The secretary of state shall adopt rules for an administrative procedure for hearing complaints on violations of the provisions of Title III of the federal Help America Vote Act of 2002, including provisions related to voting system standards, provisional voting procedures, voter registration procedures and operational standards of the statewide voter registration system. B. […]
A. The county clerk may appoint messengers to deliver ballot boxes, poll books, keys, election supplies and other materials pertaining to the election. Messengers may also be authorized to collect absentee ballots and removable media storage devices from polling places and deliver them to locations designated by the county clerk. B. Messengers may be compensated […]
A. The county chair of each political party represented on the ballot in a partisan election may appoint in writing challengers for each polling location. If more than one challenger is appointed to a polling location, the challengers shall be listed in ranking order. B. If any county chair fails to make such appointments or […]
Challengers and watchers shall be voters of a precinct located in that county to which they are appointed. No person shall be qualified for appointment or service as a challenger, watcher or election observer: A. who is a candidate for any office to be voted for at the election; B. who is a spouse, parent, […]
A. A challenger, upon presentation of the written appointment to the precinct board [election board], shall be permitted to be present at any time from the time the precinct board [election board] convenes at the polling place until the completion of the precinct board’s [election board’s] duties after the polls close. B. A challenger, for […]
At all times while they are present in the polling place, challengers shall wear uniform identification badges designating them as authorized challengers of the political party which they represent. They shall not wear any other form of identification, party or candidate pins. The secretary of state shall prescribe the form and materials of such badges […]
A. Challengers, watchers and county canvass observers shall: (1) not be permitted to perform any duty of an election board member; (2) not handle the ballots, signature rosters, checklist of voters or voting machines or take any part in the counting or tallying of the ballots or the county canvass; (3) not be allowed to […]
