New Mexico Statutes Chapter 1. Elections § 1-2-12. Election board; positions on each board

A. Each election board shall consist of:

B. The county clerk shall appoint presiding judges and election judges so that not more than two of the three judges belong to the same political party at the time of their appointment; provided that:

C. The county clerk may appoint teams of election judges under the supervision of one or more presiding judges for absent voter precincts, recounts and special elections; provided that each team shall consist of two election judges and that each election judge on a team shall not belong to the same political party as any other election judge on the team at the time of the appointment; and provided further that an election judge shall not have changed party registration in the two years next preceding the judge's appointment in such manner that the judge's prior party registration would make the judge ineligible to serve on the assigned team.

D. The county clerk may appoint election clerks to an election board as necessary to assist the presiding judge and election judges if the county clerk determines that additional election board members are needed.

E. County clerk employees may be assigned by the county clerk to provide support to an election board or polling location.