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