A. Any member of the state police or other peace officer may enter a polling place upon request for the purpose of observing the conduct of the election.
B. No member of the state police or other peace officer shall interfere in any way with a member of the precinct board [election board, a voter or the conduct of the election, except to assist in maintaining order and orderly control of access when requested by the presiding judge or an election judge.
C. Any member of the state police or other peace officer violating Subsection B of this section is guilty of a petty misdemeanor and in addition to any other penalty provided by law shall be subject to dismissal and is ineligible for reinstatement.
History: 1953 Comp., § 3-12-8, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 240, § 244; 1981, ch. 149, § 2.
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.
Cross references. — For impounding of ballots by state police not to interrupt course of election, see 1-14-10 NMSA 1978.
For offenses and penalties, see 1-20-1 NMSA 1978 et seq.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 29 C.J.S. Elections § 200.