New Mexico Territorial Laws and Treaties NM TERR LAWS KEARNY CODE ELEC § 6

It shall be the duty of the clerks of the prefects respectively, one month before each general election, or six days before a special election, to make out and deliver to the sheriff of their counties two blank pollbooks for each election precinct in their county, properly laid off with columns, with the proper certificates attached. The sheriff shall forthwith deliver to the judges of the election, in their respective precincts, the blank books aforesaid.