The board of county commissioners shall direct the county clerk to establish a county register. The county register shall be filed in fire-resistant containers in the county courthouse. The files containing the county register shall be arranged to provide ready and convenient access and shall be kept locked except when being used by authorized persons in accordance with the Election Code [Chapter 1 NMSA 1978]. History: 1953 Comp., § 3-5-4, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 240, § 106.
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