2016 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 1 - Elections
Article 2 - Election Officers and Boards
Section 1-2-11 - Precinct board; assignment.

NM Stat § 1-2-11 (2016) What's This?

1-2-11. Precinct board; assignment.

Wherever possible, the county clerk shall assign persons appointed as precinct 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 precinct board members in certain precincts, the county clerk may, in the best interest of the election process, assign appointed precinct board members to serve on any precinct board in the county, provided that such appointed board members shall not change the proportionate representation of each party on the board.

History: 1953 Comp., 3-2-10.1, enacted by Laws 1977, ch. 222, 5; 2011, ch. 137, 15.

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