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Appointment of the 2021 Board of Registration.
Recommended Action
I move that Council nominate Jolyn McTeigue, Cameron Counters, and Sharon Dry to fill the positions of the County’s Board of Registration and appoint them for the term of July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2023.
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Due to the recently passed legislation in HB407, the County Council is now required to appoint a Board of Registration at the first regular scheduled meeting in June.
The term of the Board of Registration will now be from July 1 of an odd-numbered year until June 30 of the next succeeding odd-numbered year. Members of the Board of Registration shall hold office until their successors are appointed and qualified. Members of the Board of Registration shall qualify by taking and filing in the office of the county clerk the oath required of county officials.
The number of Board of Registration members needs to be confirmed with the County Attorney, i.e. three vs. five. The election code states class B counties shall appoint three members, pursuant to NMSA 4-44-1, but we are a class H county, so I am not sure how this will affect us.
Also, it may be worth noting in the staff report the following information, pursuant to NMSA 1-4-34 B:
A. The board of county commissioners shall, at its first regular scheduled meeting in June of each odd-numbered year, appoint five voters who shall constitute the board of registration for the county; provided that a class B county as defined in Section 4-44-1 NMSA 1978 shall appoint three voters who shall constitute the board of registration for the county.
B. Members of the board of registration shall not during their service be county employees, elected officials or candidates for public office, and not more than two members of the board of registration shall be members of the same political party at the time of their appointment; provided that: (1) a member of the board of registration shall not have changed party registration in the two years next p...
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