2018 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 1 - Elections
Article 2 - Election Officers and Boards
Section 1-2-8 - Precinct board; lists from major political parties.
The county chairman of each of the major political parties may file with the county clerk at least thirty days before the date of appointment the names of not more than four voters for each precinct to be considered for appointment as a member of the precinct board. Such names shall be those of persons residing in the precinct to which they are to be appointed and who meet the qualifications required for a precinct board member. The county chairman may indicate his order of preference for each of the persons recommended for each precinct.
History: 1953 Comp., § 3-2-9, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 255, § 14; 1987, ch. 249, § 1; 1991, ch. 105, § 2.
Repeals and reenactments. — Laws 1975, ch. 255, § 14, repealed former 3-2-9, 1953 Comp., relating to precinct board appointment list, and enacted a new 3-2-9, 1953 Comp.
The 1991 amendment, effective April 2, 1991, deleted "and the names of not more than four voters to be considered for appointment as an alternate for a member of the precinct board" at the end of the first sentence.
Minor party's attack on board's compensation did not warrant convening three-judge court. La Raza Unida v. New Mexico, 577 F.2d 677 (10th Cir. 1978).
County commissioners must appoint election officials from lists furnished by the chairmen of the dominant political parties for that purpose. 1959-60 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 60-71 (opinion rendered under former law).
