Precinct board [Election board] work shift option

A. The county clerk may choose to schedule precinct board [election board] members into two work shifts on election day and also may determine the length of each shift for each precinct board [election board] member so long as the first shift begins at least one hour before the polls open. B. If the county clerk chooses to schedule precinct board [election board] members in shifts, the presiding judge on each precinct board [election board] shall be scheduled to work both shifts that day. C. The county clerk shall notify the secretary of state of all precincts that will be following a two-shift schedule when the county clerk submits the list of precinct board [election board] appointments in accordance with Section 1-2-14 NMSA 1978. History: Laws 1999, ch. 236, § 1; 2011, ch. 137, § 81.