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Form of workAn Election Board Official performs a variety of clerical duties in support of municipal elections, i.e., process voters using Ballot on Demand system and issuing ballots, check voter photo identification, operate voter tabulator, inform the public on election information and maintain election equipment security throughout the election process. A select number of qualified Election Board Officials may be assigned to serve as a presiding judge; in that capacity, the employee will be expected to complete all tasks required of an Election Board Official plus serve as the lead to all other Election Board Officials within the assigned polling site.
This is a temporary position staffed for approximately 4 weeks (or longer if there is a run-off election) only during the Municipal Election period. Each Election Board Official must attend mandatory training prior to serving.
Education / higher education: Must have completed at least the 8th grade of school
Other requirements: Pursuant to Section 1-2-7, NMSA 1978, candidates must meet all applicable requirements as follows:
A. In order to qualify as a member of the Election Board, a person shall: (1) be a voter of the county in which the person is appointed to serve; (2) be able to read and write; (3) have the necessary capacity to carry out an Election Board member's functions with acceptable skill and dispatch; and (4) execute the Election Board member's oath of office.
B. Before serving as a presiding judge of an Election Board, a person shall receive training in the duties of that position by the municipal clerk.
C. No person shall be qualified for appointment or service on an Election Board: (1) who is a candidate to be voted for at the election; (2) who is a spouse, domestic partner, parent, child, brother or sister of any candidate to be voted for at the election; (3) who is married to a parent, child, brother or sister of any candidate to be voted for at the election or who is the parent of the spouse or domestic partner of any candidate to be voted for at the election; or (4) who is a sheriff, deputy sheriff, marshal, deputy marshal or state or municipal police officer.
D. A municipal clerk may appoint qualified residents to serve on an Election Board under the direct supervision of the presiding judge. A qualified resident appointed by the municipal clerk shall: (1) meet the qualifications set forth in Paragraphs (2) through (4) of this Subsection A of this section; and, (2) be sixteen or seventeen years of age at the time of the election in which the qualified resident is serving as a member of an Election Board.
E. A qualified resident appointed to an Election Board shall not serve as the presiding judge or as an election judge.
Education and/or experience preferences: Experience with elections preferred.
Driver's License requirement: None Required Endorsements: None
Note - The frequency of driving for purposes related to City business are rare. However, in the event employees are required to drive while performing duties related to City business, such employees must always meet City driving and insurability standards to include maintaining a valid driver's license.
The following functions are typical for this position. The omission of specific functions does not exclude them if the work is similar, related or a logical assignment for this position. Other duties may be required and assigned.
- Support the accomplishment of municipal elections as directed by the New Mexico Election Code and Rio Rancho City Charter
- Process voters using Ballot on Demand system
- Maintain election equipment security throughout the election process
- Maintain order and traffic flow in the polling site
- Operate voter tabulator
- Tally and balance at end of day
- Assist and inform the public on election information in a neutral and non-partisan manner
- Perform basic clerical duties
