Section 3-8-21 - Municipal clerk; precinct board; election training.
3-8-21. Municipal clerk; precinct board; election training.
A. The municipal clerk shall conduct or cause to be conducted election training not less than five days prior to the election. All major details of the conduct of elections shall be covered at the training, with special emphasis given to recent changes in the Municipal Election Code [Chapter 3, Articles 8 and 9 NMSA 1978]. The training session shall be open to the public, with notice published not less than four days prior to the training.
B. Notice of the training shall be mailed to each precinct board member and alternate not less than seven days prior to the training.
C. Two or more municipalities may jointly conduct election training.
D. The governing body may authorize payment of mileage to precinct board members who attend election training.