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Santa Fe County election officials highlight women’s central role, urge poll worker sign-ups ahead of Espanola school election
Summary
Santa Fe County Clerk Catherine Clark and elections staff marked Women’s History Month by discussing the predominance of women in election administration, recruiting poll workers and temps year-round, and pressing for a constitutional amendment to allow school election questions on general-election ballots.
Santa Fe County Clerk Catherine Clark and Bureau of Elections Administration Supervisor Andrea Tapia used a March recording of the county’s Beyond County Lines program to mark Women’s History Month and discuss the role of women in election administration and how residents can sign up to help run upcoming elections.
Why it matters: Clark and Tapia said women make up a large share of election officials and volunteer poll workers, and they emphasized recruitment for a mail-only special election that begins April 1 for the Espanola School District. Speakers also raised structural barriers women face in public service, including childcare and expectations about caregiving, and noted a clerks’ association proposal to amend the New Mexico Constitution to change how school election questions appear on ballots.
Clark described the national and state presence of women in election work, saying, “What we have seen is that all over the country, 80%…
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