A. The secretary of state shall provide:

(1) instructions for the precinct board [election board], which shall include a brief nontechnical explanation of its duties as required by the Election Code [Chapter 1 NMSA 1978]; and

(2) a single training manual containing standard guidelines for the operations and processes of statewide elections, including pre-election day activities, election-day activities and post-election-day activities. Separate manuals for voting systems may be provided for each county, or if the single training manual is in a looseleaf binder format, sections for the voting systems used in a given county may be inserted in the training manual for that county.

B. When any specific duty is imposed by the instructions issued under the Election Code, the duty shall be deemed to be a requirement of the law.

History: 1953 Comp., § 3-2-4, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 240, § 25; 1975, ch. 255, § 10; 2005, ch. 270, § 11; 2007, ch. 336, § 2.

Bracketed 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 the secretary of state providing instruction on procedure whereby precinct board shall determine identity of last person in line at time polls close, see 1-12-26 NMSA 1978.

The 2007 amendment, effective April 2, 2007, permitted the secretary of state to provide separate manuals for voting systems for each county or if a single training manual is in a looseleaf binder, sections of the voting system used in a given county may be inserted in the manual for that county.

The 2005 amendment, effective July 1, 2005, added Subsection A(2) to provide that the secretary of state shall provide a single training manual.