§ NMSA 1978, § 1-2-7Election board; qualification of members; qualification of presiding judges; qualification of minors

Election board; qualification of members; qualification of presiding judges; qualification of minors.
A. In order to qualify as a member of the election board, a person shall:
(1) be a voter of the county in which the person is appointed to serve;
(2) be able to read and write;
(3) have the necessary capacity to carry out an election board member's functions with acceptable skill and dispatch; and
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(4) execute the election board member's oath of office.
B. Before serving as a presiding judge of an election board, a person shall receive training in
the duties of that position and be certified for the position by the county clerk.
C. No person shall be qualified for appointment or service on an election board:
(1) who is a candidate to be voted for at the election;
(2) who is a spouse, parent, child, brother or sister of any candidate to be voted for at the
election;
(3) who is married to a parent, child, brother or sister of any candidate to be voted for at
the election or who is the parent of the spouse of any candidate to be voted for at the election; or
(4) who is a sheriff, deputy sheriff, marshal, deputy marshal or state or municipal police
officer.
D. A county clerk may appoint not more than two minors to serve on an election board under
the direct supervision of the presiding judge. A minor appointed by the county clerk shall:
(1) meet the qualifications set forth in Subsection A of this section, except the minor need
not be eligible to vote;
(2) be sixteen or seventeen years of age at the time of the election in which the minor is
serving as a member of an election board;
(3) be a citizen at the time of the election for which the minor will be serving as a member
of an election board;
(4) have the approval of the minor's parent or legal guardian, unless the minor is emancipated;
(5) attend at least one school of instruction in accordance with the provisions of Section
(6) be appointed to an election board in the county in which the minor's parent or legal
guardian resides, in accordance with the provisions of Section 1-2-11 NMSA 1978.
E. A minor appointed to an election board shall not serve as the presiding judge or as an election judge.