HOUSE BILL 444

46th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2003

INTRODUCED BY

Edward C. Sandoval







AN ACT

RELATING TO ELECTIONS; CLARIFYING THE NUMBER OF ABSENT VOTER PRECINCT BOARD MEMBERS THAT MAY BE APPOINTED.



BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

Section 1. Section 1-6-24 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1969, Chapter 54, Section 5, as amended) is amended to read:

"1-6-24. ABSENT VOTER PRECINCT BOARD APPOINTMENT.--

A. The county clerk of each county shall appoint absent voter precinct board members and their respective alternates for each absent voter precinct and shall compensate them at an hourly rate set by the county clerk.

B. A minimum of three precinct board members shall be appointed to the absent voter precinct board [with no more than two members belonging to the same political party]. The number of board members from each major political party shall be as nearly equal as is practicable."

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