New Mexico § 1-2-12 - Election board; positions on each board

§ 1-2-12. Election board; positions on each board

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 political party at the time of

their appointment; provided that: (1) a judge of an election board shall not have changed party registration in the

two years next preceding the judge's appointment in such a manner that the judge's

prior party registration would make the judge ineligible to serve on the assigned

election board; and (2) a judge of an election board shall not continue to serve on an election board

if the judge changes party registration after the date of appointment in such a manner

to make the judge ineligible to serve on the assigned election board. C. The county clerk may appoint teams of election judges under the supervision of

one or more presiding judges for absent voter precincts, recounts and special elections;

provided that each team shall consist of two election judges and that each election

judge on a team shall not belong to the same political party as any other election

judge on the team at the time of the appointment; and provided further that an election

judge shall not have changed party registration in the two years next preceding the

judge's appointment in such manner that the judge's prior party registration would

make the judge ineligible to serve on the assigned team. D. The county clerk may appoint election clerks to an election board as necessary

to assist the presiding judge and election judges if the county clerk determines that

additional election board members are needed. E. County clerk employees may be assigned by the county clerk to provide support to

an election board or polling location.