N.M. Stat. Ann. § 1-2-14 – Election boards; notice of appointment

A. Immediately after the appointment of the election boards, the county clerk shall:
1. (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; and
2. (2) notify each person appointed, request the person's acceptance and keep a record of all notifications and acceptances.
B. If any person appointed to an election board fails to accept the appointment within two weeks after the notice was sent or communicated, the county clerk shall appoint another qualified person for the election board.

History: 1953 Comp., § 3-2-13, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 240, § 34; 1975, ch. 255, § 18; 1991, ch. 105, § 5; 2011, ch. 137, § 17; 2019, ch. 212, § 24.

ANNOTATIONS

The 2019 amendment, effective April 3, 2019, changed the name of "precinct board" to "election board", removed a provision requiring the county clerk to post the list of names of appointees to an election board; replaced "precinct board" with "election board" throughout the section; and in Subsection A, Paragraph A(1), after "polling location", deleted "by precinct where applicable, post the list in a conspicuous and accessible place in the county clerk’s office and keep it posted for five days", and after "participating in", deleted "the" and added "a partisan".

The 2011 amendment, effective July 1, 2011, required county clerks to certify a list of appointees for each polling location and to send a copy of the list upon request to the county chair and eliminated the requirement that county clerks send the precinct board a copy of instructions.

The 1991 amendment, effective April 2, 1991, in Subsection A, deleted "and alternates" following "boards" in the introductory phrase and "including alternates" following "names" near the beginning of Paragraph (1) and, in Subsection B, deleted "or as an alternate" following "precinct board" and substituted "appoint another qualified person" for "appoint the alternate member to fill the position in the case of a precinct board member, or another qualified person in the case of a vacancy in the position of alternate".