A. The county clerk may choose to schedule precinct board [election board] members into two work shifts on election day and also may determine the length of each shift for each precinct board [election board] member so long as the first shift begins at least one hour before the polls open.
B. If the county clerk chooses to schedule precinct board [election board] members in shifts, the presiding judge on each precinct board [election board] shall be scheduled to work both shifts that day.
C. The county clerk shall notify the secretary of state of all precincts that will be following a two-shift schedule when the county clerk submits the list of precinct board [election board] appointments in accordance with Section 1-2-14 NMSA 1978.
History: Laws 1999, ch. 236, § 1; 2011, ch. 137, § 81.
ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
Laws 2019, ch. 212, § 283, effective April 3, 2019, provided that references in the Election Code to "precinct board", shall be deemed to be references to "election board", as that term is defined in Section 1-1-13 NMSA 1978.
The 2011 amendment, effective July 1, 2011, made stylistic changes.