2017 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 3 - Municipalities
Article 8 - Municipal Elections
Section 3-8-7 - Municipal clerk; county clerk; election duties.
3-8-7. Municipal clerk; county clerk; election duties.
A. The municipal clerk shall:
(1) administer the municipal election;
(2) with the consent of the governing body, secure the necessary polling places;
(3) see that all necessary supplies and equipment are present at each polling place prior to the opening of the polls on the day of the election;
(4) certify voting machines;
(5) conduct an election school for precinct board members as required in Section 3-8-21 NMSA 1978;
(6) keep the office of the municipal clerk open on election day for the purpose of receiving ballot boxes, election returns and materials until all election returns and materials are received; and
(7) within fifteen days of the holding of any municipal election, forward to the county clerk a listing of all individuals voting in the municipal election.
B. Within fifteen days of the adoption of the election resolution, the municipal clerk shall request in writing from the county clerk the registered voter lists and signature rosters containing only the qualified electors eligible to vote in the municipal election. The county clerk shall provide to the municipal clerk a printed registered voter list and the voter registration information in compatible electronic format containing only the qualified electors eligible to vote in the municipal election twenty days prior to the election. At least seven days prior to every municipal election, the county clerk shall furnish to the municipal clerk the registered voter list and signature roster containing only the qualified electors eligible to vote in the municipal election. A municipal clerk shall not amend, add or delete any information to or from the registered voter list except as otherwise provided by law. The registered voter list shall constitute the registration list for the municipal election. The registered voter list does not have to be returned to the county clerk. The municipality shall bear the reasonable cost of preparation of the voter lists, signature rosters and voter registration in electronic format but in no case in an amount that exceeds the actual cost to the county.
History: 1953 Comp., 14-8-5, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 300; 1969, ch. 246, 1; 1971, ch. 306, 4; 1975, ch. 255, 125; 1978 Comp., 3-8-5, recompiled as 1978 Comp., 3-8-7 by Laws 1985, ch. 208, 15; 1987, ch. 323, 5; 1991, ch. 123, 3; 1995, ch. 198, 16; 1997, ch. 266, 4; 1999, ch. 278, 2.
