N.M. Stat. § 1-11-11
Election supplies; voting machines; delivery.
A. Voting machines shall be delivered to the assigned precinct polling place at least three
days before the polls are required to be opened. The election supplies and the keys of voting
machines shall be delivered to the presiding judge at least one hour before the polls are
required to be opened.
B. The county clerk of any county shall certify to the secretary of state on forms provided by
the secretary of state, that he has inspected each voting machine after delivery but before the
date of the election and has found each machine to have been correctly labeled, that there has
been no obvious external damage in delivery and that each machine has been delivered to the
proper polling place in each precinct.